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
5 Arab-Israeli Conflict
6 Hate Crimes: A Growing Threat
7 My Life as a Skinhead
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
If the problem of the 20th century was that of the color line (DuBois 1903), then the problem of the 21st century is that of increasingly numerous color lines.…>> (read more)
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Have students locate Iraq on a map. Ask: What is a democracy? What steps is Iraq taking to become a democracy? What challenges does the…>> (read more)
Indicate the answer that best completes each statement or answers each question by writing A, B, or C in each blank.
--1. Which group's leaders are unhappy…>> (read more)
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