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Assignment-

DEFINITIONS - Define each of the words below (5pts/each)

1. Cultural pluralism
2. Egalitarian symbiosis
3. Melting pot
4. Ethnogenesis
5. Racial Formation theory
6. Gendered racism

ESSAYS - Please answer the following questions as fully as possible (10pts/each)

1) List and define Gordon's seven different assimilation processes which may occur as the general adaptation of one group to the core culture proceeds. Also, How might you explain identificational assimilation as it pertains to Italian Americans presently?

2) Explain education and income differences between people with English ancestry and the total population. Use your text and at least one source from the internet to support your answer.

3) Briefly explain at least two factors contributing to diminishing Irish American stereotypes. Also, why did Irish Americans feel it was important to participate in politics? What economic factors contributed to the upward mobility of Irish Americans?

4) How did early stereotypes of Jewish Americans differ from stereotypes of different racial and ethnic groups? Provide at least one example. Also, what is white privilege and in what ways have Jewish Americans accepted or challenged white privilege?

5) What are the long-term consequences of Manifest Destiny? Please provide an example.

6) Providing at least two examples, what is the problem with intelligence testing as a means of explaining racial differences?

7) In what ways were the experiences of African American women in slavery similar to or different from the experiences of African American men?

Text Book Used: Racial and Ethnic Relations, 9th edition, (2011), Joe R. Feagin and Clairece Booher Feagin, Pearson.