LIU Diversity & Society Gender & Ethnicity by Joseph Healey Book Report

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Chapter 3

Questions:

1. In your own words, state and explain the two themes from the beginning of the chapter. Apply each to the contact situations between white European colonists, African Americans, American Indians, and Mexican Americans. Identify and explain the key differences and similarities among the three situations.

2. In your own words, explain what a plantation system is and why this system of production is important for understanding the origins of slavery in colonial America. Why are plantation systems usually characterized by a. paternalism, b. huge inequalities between groups, c. repressive systems of control, d. rigid codes of behavior, and e. low rates of overt conflict?

3. In your own words, explain the Noel and Blauner hypotheses and how they apply to the contact situations covered in this chapter. How did group conflict vary when competition was over land instead of labor? Before answering, keep the following terms in mind: ethnocentrism, competition, power, colonized minority group, and immigrant minority group.

4. In your own words, explain the role of prejudice and racism in the creation of minority group status. Do prejudice and racism help cause minority group status, or are they caused by minority group status? Explain.