Warm-up:
The Four Americas: Government and Social Policy Through the Eyes of America’s Multi-racial and Multi-ethnic Society is a report published by The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University examining public knowledge, values and beliefs on major issues and challenges facing our nation, such as race. It includes a survey asking people to respond to such questions as, "Do you think the average African American is better off, worse off, or as well off as the average white person in terms of jobs, education, housing and health care?" The report concluded that while minorities understand each other's real-life difficulties, "whites stand alone in their misperceptions of the problems facing minorities in America today." Do you agree? Are you surprised? What reasons might explain these attitudes?
Objective:
SWBAT describe what sociologists mean by minority, race, and ethnicity.