Long Island University Diversity & Society Race Ethnicity and Gender Discussion

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Chapter 2

Questions: Respond to the following questions using your own words.

1. Summarize Gordon’s model of assimilation. Identify and explain each stage and how the stages are linked together.

2. “Human capital theory is not so much wrong as it is incomplete.” Explain this statement in your own words. What does the theory leave out? What are the strengths of the theory? What questionable assumptions does it make?

3. In your own words, define pluralism and explain the ways in which it differs from assimilation. What has interest in pluralism increased? Explain the difference between structural and cultural pluralism and cite examples of each.

4. Define and explain in your own words segmented assimilation and explain how it differs from Gordon’s model. What evidence is there that assimilation for recent immigrants is not segmented? What is the significance of this debate for the future of US society? For other minority groups (e.g., African Americans)? For the immigrants themselves?