Different types of discrimination

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Answer the following question:

1. Be familiar with different types of discrimination that your book mentions – hate crimes, institutional discrimination, wage discrimination, redlining, environmental justice, glass ceiling/wall/escalator, etc.

2. Be able to describe affirmative action, major cases involved in affirmative action and reasons why or why not it might be necessary and/or good.

3. Be familiar with the patterns of American immigration (where immigrants come from, where they settle, chain immigration and so forth). This includes transnationalism.

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