Consider the topic of global immigration that is presented in the boxed feature at the end of Chapter 10.
Fully define and explain prejudice, discrimination, and racism and use these concepts to discuss the topic of global immigration.
In your opinion, employing the sociological imagination, what is the significance of this topic?
Social policy and Racial and Ethnic Inequality
- Global Immigration.
Take the Issue with You
1. Did you or your parents or grandparents immigrate to the United States from another nation? If so. when and where did your family come from, and why?
2. On balance, do the functions of immigration to the United States outweigh the dysfunctions?
3. Do you live, work, or study with recent immigrants to the United States? If so. are they well accepted in your commu¬nity. or do they face prejudice and discrimination?