TY - BOOK AU - Schaefer,Richard T. TI - Racial and Ethnic Groups SN - 1292073942 AV - E184 SCH 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - New York, NY PB - Pearson KW - Minorities KW - United States KW - Prejudices KW - Ethnic relations KW - Race relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-414) and index; Part I. Perspectives on racial and ethnic groups -- Exploring race and ethnicity -- Prejudice -- Discrimination -- Part II. Ethnic and religious sources of conflict -- Immigration -- Ethnicity, whiteness and religion -- Major racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States -- Native Americans : the first Americans -- African Americans -- African Americans today -- Latinos : growth and diversity -- Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans -- Muslim and Arab Americans : diverse minorities -- Asian Pacific Americans : an array of nationalities -- Chinese Americans : the early experience -- Jewish Americans : the quest to maintain identity -- Part IV. Other patterns of dominance -- Women : the oppressed majority -- Beyond the United States : the comparative perspective -- Overcoming exclusion -- Glossary ER -