STUDENTS NAME: Platon Oana Madalina

DEADLINE for Test submission: JUNE 5 !"#$

TEST % INTE&ET'NI( &ELATIONS IN T'E U)S)A)
(Relaii interetnice n SUA An III)
#) Briefly comment the following statements: The eoling of America is one of the great
!ramas in all of h"man history# an! American l"ralism was not an i!eal with which
eole starte! $"t an accommo!ation to which they were e%ent"ally !ri%en# (from
Thomas Sowell& Ethnic America: A History& 'h( ))& an! in!icate some arg"ments an!
conse*"ences of these same rocesses in the American ethnic history(
The eoling of the Unite! States in consi!ere! to $e +one of the great !ramas
of all h"man history+ $"t also a glo$al story& $eca"se there was in%ol%e! the
con*"ering of the ,ati%e Americans& the anne-ation of the territory of .e-ico&
along with se%eral of its citi/ens (who li%e! in nowa!ays cities s"ch as: Utah&
,ew .e-ico& Ari/ona& ,e%a!a& Te-as an! 'alifornia) an! a r"sh of in%ol"ntary
an! %ol"ntary immigrants from all the worl!( The circ"mstances $y which these
eoles esta$lishe! contact with the rincial gro" fi-e! the tone of race
relationshis far an! then into the f"t"re( 0rom my oint of %iew& one of the
most interesting asects is the fact that the American go%ernment set an ethnic
an! racial classification system which was alie! to all the immigrants coming
to the U(S( (
0rom my oint of %iew& this statement "n!erlines the "sh an! "lls factors of
immigration( I $elie%e that& $eca"se of the con!itions from their originating
co"ntries& they were constraine! to emigrate( 1hen they arri%e! to the U(S(&
they ha! to get "se! with the American l"ralism& e%en tho"gh they !i! not
agree with that(
!) 2-lain an! e-emlify in a$o"t 3 sentences why race can $e consi!ere! a social-
cultural construct(
Race is a social constr"ction# attracts attention to the way in which the legal&
olitical an! social categories tra!itionally !efine race# manifest imortant
historical& within4society an! inter4society %aria$ility& so that these classes are
at greatest a cr"!e aro-imation of e-isting eole $iological %ariation( 1hen
someone "ses the statement +race is a social4c"lt"ral constr"ct&+ I thin5 that it
is not a softly hea!e! $loc5hea!& $"t he is telling the tr"th from the historical
oint of %iew( 1e !o not ma5e tests to fin! o"t the So"thern race hot4!ea!ene!
or the Irish race intelligence( 0rom my oint of %iew& these reasons are mostly
social(
*) 2-lain the !ifferences $etween ethnic revival an! multiculturalism( 6ro%i!e some
e-amles that clarify this !istinction an! $riefly comment on some asects re%eale! $y
yo"r e-amles(
+."ltic"lt"ralism+ is the sim"ltaneo"s e-istence of !ifferent c"lt"res7 c"lt"re incl"!es
c"lt"ral& religio"s or racial gro"s an! it is ro%e! in atterns of thin5ing& c"lt"ral %al"es
an! ass"mtions& comm"nicati%e styles an! c"stomary $eha%iors( 0or e-amle& a
metroolis can $e consi!ere! m"ltic"lt"ral !"e to the fact that there is !i%ersity& many
immigrants from all o%er the worl!& an! it has a scratchy c"lt"ral character( 2thnic re%i%al:
for e-amle& a neigh$orhoo! f"ll of 8e$anese immigrants& that trie! to integrate till 93:s&
$egin to feel free an! ma5e from that neigh$orhoo! a secial one(
$) 2-lain in which way s"ch historical interethnic relations as slavery an! racial
segregation affect the rogress of African Americans to!ay( Ill"strate yo"r comment with
at least two !omains in which these legacies still may ha%e negati%e imacts(
If sla%ery still affects the American society an! economy& an! in what
meas"res& remains an oen *"estion for me( 1ithin the America& the sla%ery
instit"tion was historically lin5e! more with the So"th( This geograhic
!istinction allows "s to !isting"ish the connection $etween c"rrent o"tcomes
an! ast sla%ery( Those states that "se! sla%e la$or massi%ely are oorer than
the states that !i!n;t !o the same or not at all( The infl"ence of sla%ery on
contemorary income !ifferences: I fin! that it is certainly connecte! with a
higher le%el of income im$alance( In other wor!s& former sla%e states are more
"n$alance! in the resent !ay( They also e-hi$it a higher le%el of racial
ine*"ality an! higher o%erty !egree( 0"rthermore& the !ata say that the
infl"ence of sla%ery on economic o%erty an! ine*"ality r"ns thro"gh its
infl"ence on racial !isarity& an! not %ice %ersa(
5) 6ro%i!e three e-lanations for the <"stification of the model minority stereotype in the
case of Asian Americans an! three negati%e conse*"ences that the "se of this stereotye
may ha%e for them(
Asian4Americans are %iewe! as the mo!el minority&# a rosero"s& am$itio"s
an! har!4wor5ing race $eca"se of nati%e c"lt"ral %al"es( At the same time that
this is a s"$tracti%e generali/ation& their statistical re!ominance at to
e!"cational instit"tion an! in white4collar <o$s seems to confirm this stereotye(
0"rthermore& the mo!el minority myth can $e also harmf"l to Asians who may
$e stresse! to li%e " to "nrelia$le e-ectations( A!!itionally& consi!ering that
Asian Americans are a mo!el minority !istracts the attention away from the
!iscrimination they face! an! still face nowa!ays( Asian Americans who
consi!er that the !iscrimination seems to $e lamenting a$o"t something that
!oesn;t e-ist or is not se%ere( ,e%ertheless& the !iscrimination against Asian
Americans is tr"e( Asian Americans are often s"$stit"te! for foreign citi/ens&
are consi!ere! to $e less loyal to America than to Asia& an! ha%e little olitical
assistance among other Americans( 0"rthermore& altho"gh li%ing stereotye!
as smart may loo5 li5e a goo! thing& loo5ing too cometent garners feel ings of
cometition an!& artic"larly in sit"ations where reso"rces may $e rare(
+) Ill"strate & !escri$e& comare (!ifferences=similarities)& an! $riefly comment on the f"t"re
of ethnic enclave in America& in the case of ,ati%e Americans& African Americans& Asian
Americans& >isanic Americans an! 2"roean immigrant gro"s(
Recent immigrants "s"ally form ethnic encla%es in which they share a common
c"stoms& lang"age an! c"lt"re( S"ch encla%es ha%e e%er $een a art of
n"mero"s American cities an! still remain nowa!ays(2thnic encla%es are arts
of the state an! city that are re!ominately forme! of one ethnic gro"( The
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inha$itants of these encla%es often aear to li%e in!een!ently from the
s"rro"n!ing neigh$orhoo!( ?et& they are still a mem$er of American
society(Reresentati%es of ethic encla%es are: @ewish ghettos an! 'hinatowns(
Another reresentati%e is ,ati%e American Reser%ation& where the inha$itants
not only li%e aart& $"t e-erience tri$al so%ereignty(
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E6aminer: Ler$an IMetiNi& 6hO 8ect"rer& Oeartment of International Relations an! American St"!ies
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