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SOC 308
WWEK 2
SOC 308 Week 2 Ethnic Group Evaluation




Ethnic Group Evaluation. Please review Chapters 5 through 9 of Race and Ethnicity as you prepare for this assignment. 

By the mid-twentieth century, European immigrant groups described in Week One had combined to form a white racial majority in the United States. Today, Blacks, Native Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and non-white Europeans interact with the white majority in a system of race that can be broadly described as comprising whites and non-whites, whites and racial minorities, or whites and people of color. While unique ethnic groups share a culture in which ethnic conflict is present, including pressures to assimilate, the broader culture also celebrates the unique culture of many ethnic groups in America.

Write a paper in which you evaluate a selected major ethnic group in the United States. Please elaborate on the following points in your essay:

    Select an ethnic group from among those discussed in Chapters 5 through 9.

    Examine the history of this group in the United States, including immigration, assimilation, conflict with

    other ethnic groups, and other issues of interest.

    Provide an example of a widely held myth or misconception about this ethnic group. How do we know

    this is a myth? Why is this myth so difficult to abandon?