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This course is designed to educate students about issues of race and ethnicity by presenting
historical and modern perspectives on diversity in the United States, and by providing tools
necessary to promote a respectful and inclusive society. Students will complete several activities
that allow them to examine their own values in relation to the values of various other racial and
ethnic communities.
TOPICS AND OBJECTIVES
Race and Ethnicity: Key Concepts
• Recognize key terms and sociological concepts related to race and ethnicity.
• Describe subordinate group creation and consequences.
Recognizing and Overcoming Prejudice
• Recognize how people are impacted by stereotypes.
• Prescribe methods for strengthening modern efforts to reduce prejudice.
• Recognize difficulties in analyzing prejudice.
Countering Discrimination, Immigration and the United States
• Recognize sources of discrimination in your environment.
• Describe your personal cultural background.
• Associate being an immigrant to the United States with its inherent challenges.
African American Group Progress, Modern African American Dynamics
• Describe the effects of slavery on modern America.
• Associate African American leaders and groups with their successes of the Civil Rights and
Black Power movements.
• Weigh persisting social inequities endured by African Americans.
Muslim and Arab Americans
• Describe the impact of Orientalism on Muslim and Arab Americans.
• Identify causes of prejudice and discrimination against Muslim and Arab Americans.
• Compare and contrast United States-centric views of Muslim and Arab Americans with United
States-centric views of Christian Americans.
Native American Cultures
• Evaluate the overall effectiveness of Native American organizations in the advancement of
their people’s needs.
• Recognize how key policies shape the relationship between tribal Native Americans and the
federal government.
• Differentiate among causes of tribal poverty...
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