Discussion Post: Ethnicity
Prompt I: Describe 3 topics from Chapter 9 that you found interesting.
Prompt II: Describe the difference between race and ethnicity. Then discuss how racial categories have evolved over the last few centuries (Why are people from India categorized as Asian and why are North Africans and Arabs categorized as White?).
Prompt III: Describe effects of prejudice and discrimination upon minorities.
Prompt IV: Apply functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism to race or ethnicity.
Prompt V: Discuss what it means to say that race is a social construct.
Prompt VI: Describe how race or ethnicity is associated with social mobility (rising up the social class ladder).
The response should include a reference list. One-inch margins, Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.