Quote: "The most recent United States census recognized seven racial categories (White, Black, Latino, Asian, Native American/Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian)"
The ways in which race and ethnicity impact a person's social standing and access to resources and opportunities.
Definitions of Race and Ethnicity: Explores the meanings of the terms race and ethnicity and the different ways they have been defined and used.
Social Inequality: Examines the ways in which race and ethnicity contribute to social inequality and how different groups experience disparities in areas such as income, education, and healthcare.
Prejudice and Discrimination: Analyzes the role of prejudice and discrimination in perpetuating social inequalities and how they can be addressed.
Stereotypes: Explores common stereotypes associated with race and ethnicity and their impact.
Intersectionality: Examines how race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and other social identities intersect and interact to shape experiences of discrimination and inequality.
Historical Context: Discusses the history of race and ethnicity in the United States and other countries including the role of slavery, colonialism, and immigration.
Immigration and Assimilation: Analyzes the experiences of immigrant groups and the challenges they face in assimilating into their new societies.
White Privilege: Explores the ways in which white people benefit from a system that favors whiteness and perpetuates racial inequality.
The Media: Analyzes the way race and ethnicity are portrayed in the media and how these portrayals impact society.
Cultural Appropriation: Examines the ways in which dominant cultures appropriate elements of minority cultures and the harm this can cause.
Racial Identity: Explores the concept of racial identity and how it is formed and evolves throughout life.
Allyship: Discusses how individuals can work to be allies to people of color and actively fight against racism and bigotry.
Affirmative Action: Analyzes the history and current debate surrounding policies designed to promote diversity and address past discrimination.
Intergroup Relations: Explores the dynamics of relationships between different racial and ethnic groups and how conflict can be addressed.
Cultural Competence: Examines the importance of cultural competence in professions such as education, healthcare, and social work.
Caucasian/White: A term used to describe people with light skin, originating from Europe, North Africa or the Middle East.
African American/Black: A term used to describe people of sub-Saharan African descent.
Hispanic/Latino: A term used to describe people with cultural and genetic ties to Latin America or Spain.
Asian: A term used to describe people originating from or with cultural ties to Eastern and Southeast Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and other countries.
Native American/Indigenous Peoples: A term used to describe people who are Native American, Alaskan Native, Hawaiian Native or other Indigenous People, who are descendants of the original inhabitants of the Americas.
Middle Eastern: People with an ethnic or cultural connection to the Middle East, such as Arabs, Persians, and Kurds.
Mixed Race/Multiracial: People who have parents of different races, or who come from a culturally blended background.
Pacific Islander: People originating from or with cultural ties to the islands in the Pacific region, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
South Asian: People originating from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and other South Asian countries.
Jewish: A term used to describe people of Jewish descent or affiliation, whose cultural and religious practices may vary depending on their geographic location.
Quote: "Hispanic and Latino Americans are the largest ethnic minority, comprising 18.9% of the population."
Quote: "White Americans contribute the highest proportion of the population in the Midwest, at 85% per the Population Estimates Program (PEP) or 83% per the American Community Survey (ACS)."
Quote: "The region with the smallest share of white Americans is the South, which comprises 53%."
Quote: "Currently, 55% of the African American population lives in the South."
Quote: "The U.S. Virgin Islands is mostly African American."
Quote: "The Census Bureau also classified respondents as 'Hispanic or Latino' or 'Not Hispanic or Latino', identifying as an ethnicity."
Quote: "The 2020 census allowed people to enter their 'origins'."
Quote: "Black Americans are the largest racial and the second largest ethnic minority, making up 12.6%."
Quote: "The latter region is home to 42% of Hispanic and Latino Americans."
Quote: "American Samoa has a high percentage of Pacific Islanders."
Quote: "68% of Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders reside in the West."
Quote: "Puerto Rico is mostly Hispanic/Latino."
Quote: "White Americans are the majority in every census-defined region and in every state except Hawaii."
Quote: "Non-Hispanic whites make up 79% of the Midwest's population, the highest proportion of any region."
Quote: "White Americans contribute the highest proportion of the population in the Midwest, at 85% per the Population Estimates Program (PEP)."
Quote: "Non-Hispanic whites make up 79% of the Midwest's population."
Quote: "The latter region is home to 46% of Asian Americans."
Quote: "37% of the 'two or more races' population (Multiracial Americans) reside in the West."
Quote: "48% of American Indians and Alaska Natives reside in the West."