HIST-205 History of Race and Ethnicity

This course focuses on a 'neglected dimension' in American History and society, namely the study of the diverse racial and ethnic and other non-traditional communities in the United States. The impact of the Anglo-core culture on our political, religious and economic institutions - Democracy, Protestantism, Capitalism - is the major frame of reference. Assimilationist and power conflict sociological models are applied to white, ethnic, Native-American, African American, Hispanic-American, and Asian- American groups. Immigration policies and hatred towards diverse groups are studied from historical and contemporary perspectives.

Credits

Prerequisite

ENGL-121

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Be able to identify and give the significance of the following terms: race (early and late terms);
racism; ethnic group (broad and narrow definitions); minority group; prejudice; stereotyping;
ethnocentrism; the four types of discrimination.
2. Be able to apply the following assimilationist models in analyzing specific racial and ethnic groups:
Anglo-conformity; Melting pot (assimilation); salad bowl (cultural pluralism).
3. Be able to apply the following power conflict models in analyzing specific racial and ethnic groups:
Caste; Class (Marxism) and Internal Colonialism.
4. Examine the migration patterns of the English to the United States from 1607 to the present.
5. Analyze the impact of the Anglo-core culture on our political and legal institutions
(Republicanism), religion (Protestantism) and the economy (Capitalism).
6. Define Nativism and explain how different groups were discriminated by the core cultural groups.
7. Critically analyze the history of two or three major white ethnic groups - Irish-Americans, ItalianAmericans,
Jewish-Americans - and explain how they become part of the core-culture of America.
8. Critically analyze the history of six major non-white groups - Native-Americans, Afro-Americans,
Mexican-Americans, Japanese-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Korean-Americans, VietnameseAmericans
- and explain how they remain outside of the core culture of modern America.
9. Examine the current racial and ethnic makeup of the United States and project immigration policies
for the next twenty years.
10. Examine the contemporary hate groups who espouse a philosophy of white supremacy and place
these groups within the American nativist tradition.
11. Critically analyze the controversy surrounding the multicultural, historical and sociological
perspectives on America.
12. Demonstrate active listening skills by objectively restating, in his/her own words, material which
has been verbally transmitted.
13. Demonstrate the physical ability to speak effectively so that the receiver(s) can understand. This
will include diction, pronunciation, enunciation, pace, pitch, and volume.
14. Communicate an abstract or concrete idea so that the receiver(s) clearly perceives the intended
message.
15. Effectively deliver a formal oral presentation in front of a group.
16. Demonstrate the ability to communicate using appropriate language.

Course Objectives

1. Be able to identify and give the significance of the following terms: race (early and late terms);
racism; ethnic group (broad and narrow definitions); minority group; prejudice; stereotyping;
ethnocentrism; the four types of discrimination.
2. Be able to apply the following assimilationist models in analyzing specific racial and ethnic groups:
Anglo-conformity; Melting pot (assimilation); salad bowl (cultural pluralism).
3. Be able to apply the following power conflict models in analyzing specific racial and ethnic groups:
Caste; Class (Marxism) and Internal Colonialism.
4. Examine the migration patterns of the English to the United States from 1607 to the present.
5. Analyze the impact of the Anglo-core culture on our political and legal institutions
(Republicanism), religion (Protestantism) and the economy (Capitalism).
6. Define Nativism and explain how different groups were discriminated by the core cultural groups.
7. Critically analyze the history of two or three major white ethnic groups - Irish-Americans, ItalianAmericans,
Jewish-Americans - and explain how they become part of the core-culture of America.
8. Critically analyze the history of six major non-white groups - Native-Americans, Afro-Americans,
Mexican-Americans, Japanese-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Korean-Americans, VietnameseAmericans
- and explain how they remain outside of the core culture of modern America.
9. Examine the current racial and ethnic makeup of the United States and project immigration policies
for the next twenty years.
10. Examine the contemporary hate groups who espouse a philosophy of white supremacy and place
these groups within the American nativist tradition.
11. Critically analyze the controversy surrounding the multicultural, historical and sociological
perspectives on America.
12. Demonstrate active listening skills by objectively restating, in his/her own words, material which
has been verbally transmitted.
13. Demonstrate the physical ability to speak effectively so that the receiver(s) can understand. This
will include diction, pronunciation, enunciation, pace, pitch, and volume.
14. Communicate an abstract or concrete idea so that the receiver(s) clearly perceives the intended
message.
15. Effectively deliver a formal oral presentation in front of a group.
16. Demonstrate the ability to communicate using appropriate language.