Ethnic Relations
Ethnic communities in the United States today still struggle with the tension between preserving an ethnic identity and assimilating into the larger community. Immigrants generally try to preserve a sense of their native homeland and ethnic heritage, but in order to advance economically and socially, they often need to assimilate into the American community. The process of assimilation is not always smooth, as evidenced by tension between different ethnic groups and those who consider themselves Americans.
Ethnicity has been the root of conflict in many societies, but it has also been a source of enrichment. Most scholars define an ethnic group as a subgroup within a larger population that is set apart by common language, customs, religion, national origin, or race. But scholars do not agree…>> (read more)
Ethnic Relations Points of View
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8 Racial Murder in Texas
9 Bosnia: An Ethnic Battleground
10 Croatia: Does the Threat of Ethnic Cleansing Remain?
11 Lost in the Hell of War
12 Kosovo at the Crossroads
13 Achieving Justice and Ethnic Reconciliation in Rwanda
14 Threat of Genocide in Burundi
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Ethnic Relations in the News
Introduction
It is widely known in the literature that many immigrants in Western countries are at a disadvantage in the labor market (Borjas 1994; Chiswick 1978; Portes…>> (read more)
YOU have to learn to crawl before you can walk over hot coals. Our present love affair with diversity, inclusion, and multiculturalism got its training wheels in the early…>> (read more)
Increasing numbers of couples include partners whose racial or ethnic backgrounds differ from one another. In 2000, these couples represented more than 5 percent of all marriages, or about…>> (read more)
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