Eth 125 Appendix E

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Appendix E

Part I

Define the following terms:

|Term |Definition |

|Racial formation |Developed by Michael Omi and Howard Winant, the theory looks at race as a socially constructed |

| |identity, where the content and importance of racial categories is determined by social, economic |

| |and political forces. |

|Segregation |The physical and social separation of categories of people. |

|De jure segregation |The “by law” legal separation in hotels, restaurants, schools and transportation. |

|Pluralism |A state in which people of all racial and ethnic categories have about the same overall social |

| |standing. |

|Assimilation |The process by which minorities gradually adopt cultural patterns from the dominant majority |

| |population. |

Part II

Answer the following questions in 150 to 350 words each:

• Throughout most of U.S. history in most locations, what race has been the majority? What is the common ancestral background of most members of this group?

Throughout United States History Non-Hispanic Caucasians have been the majority racial group. Before the Civil War most of this group consisted of English descent, but after the war that all changed. “What historians call the “Great Immigration” started in 1865 and lasted until World War One which began in 1914. New industrial...