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Thinking Sociologically: Race and Ethnicity in U.S. Society

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Figure 1.1. Skin color, race, ethnicity…do you know the difference between these terms? This chapter will explore how these ideas are related to identity, society, culture, power, and the criminal justice system.

Contents of This Chapter:

  1. Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
    1. Chapter Overview
    2. Learning Objectives
    3. Key Terms
    4. Licenses and Attributions for Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
  2. What You Need to Know Before Reading This Book
    1. Learn More: Understanding Social Location, Voting Patterns, Elections, and Public Policy
    2. Introduction
    3. Check Your Knowledge
    4. Licenses and Attributions for What You Need to Know Before Reading This Book
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
  3. What is the Sociological Perspective?
    1. Social Institutions
    2. Learn More: Negative Social Forces and Social Change
    3. The Sociological Imagination
    4. Check Your Knowledge
    5. Licenses and Attributions for What is the Sociological Perspective?
      1. Open Content, Shared Previously
  4. The History and Meaning of Race
    1. Activity: Changing Demographics and White Nationalism
    2. Race as Social Construction
    3. Learn More: Susie Guillory Phipps and Racial Labels
    4. Ethnicity
    5. Check Your Knowledge
    6. Licenses and Attributions for The History and Meaning of Race
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. All Rights Reserved Content
  5. Colonialism and Race
    1. Social Construction of Whiteness
    2. White Privilege
    3. Learn More: D.C. Makes It A Crime To Wear Masks, So Why Was A Group of White Nationalists Able To?
    4. Check Your Knowledge
    5. Licenses and Attributions for Colonialism and Race
      1. Open Content, Shared Previously
  6. Conclusion
    1. Discussion Questions and Chapter Resources
      1. Discussion questions
      2. Chapter resources
    2. Licenses and Attributions for Conclusion
  7. References

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