After reading Chapter Fourteen, you should be able to:
- Summarize the social meaning of race and ethnicity.
- Define race, ethnicity, and minority.
- Define the concepts of prejudice and discrimination and discuss how they are related to each other.
- Explain how stereotypes contribute to prejudicial thinking.
- Outline four theories of prejudice.
- Identify and describe four patterns of minority-majority interaction.
- Summarize the social histories of the major U.S. minority groups.
- Present arguments for and against affirmative action.
