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RACE AND ETHNICITY IN THE US, 8TH EDITION
Richard T. Schaefer

Chapter 6

The Nation as a Kaleidoscope

Melting Pot: portrays a nation that serves as a crucible (or pot) where all ethnic and racial groups dissolve into a new, superior stock
Salad Bowl: As we can distinguish the lettuce from the

The Nation as a Kaleidoscope

Tomatoes from the peppers in a tossed salad, we can see the increasing number of ethnic restaurants and the persistence of “foreign” language newspapers.
The dressing is akin to the shared value system and culture covering, but not hiding, the different ingredients of the salad.

The Nation as a Kaleidoscope

The Glass Half Empty

A common expression makes reference to a glass half full or half empty of water
In absolute terms, the glass of water has been filling up, but people in the early twenty-first century do not compare themselves with people in the 1960s.

The Glass Half Empty

Little has changed since 1975. We have chosen 1975 because that was a year for which we have comparable data for Latinos, Whites, and African Americans.
However, the patterns would be no different if we considered 1950, 1960, or 1970.

Is There a Model Minority?

Model Minority - although they have experienced prejudice and discrimination, they seem to have succeeded economically, socially, and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with the dominant group

Is There a Model Minority?

Acting White, Acting Black, or Neither

Acting White: taking school seriously and accepting the authority of teachers and administrators
The “acting White” thesis overemphasizes personal responsibility rather than structural features

Acting White, Acting Black, or Neither

Persistence of Inequality

Cultural Capital - refers to noneconomic forces such as family background and past investments in education that is then reflected in knowledge about the arts and language.

Persistence of Inequality

Social Capital - refers to the collective benefit of durable social networks and their patterns of reciprocal trust.

Talking Past One Another

Research at Smith College:
“Hearing at least one other person express strongly antiracist opinions produced dramatically more strongly antiracist public reactions to racism than hearing others express equivocal opinions or opinions more accepting of racism.”

Talking Past One Another

When sentiments justifying racism were expressed, the subjects were much less likely to express antiracist opinions than were those who heard no one else offer opinions.

Talking Past One Another

Minorities see racism as central to society and as ever present.
Whites regard it as a peripheral concern and a national concern only when accompanied by violence or involving a celebrity.

Talking Past One Another

African Americans and other minorities consider racist acts in a broader context: “It is racist if my college fails to have Blacks significantly present as advisers, teachers, and administrators.”

Talking Past One Another

Whites would generally accept a racism charge if there had been an explicit denial of a job to an appropriately qualified minority member.
Whites would apply the label “racist” only to the person or the few people who were actually responsible for the act.

Talking Past One Another

Members of minority groups would be more willing to call most of the college’s members racist for allowing racist practices to persist.