1. Strangers to These Shores, Tenth Edition by Vincent N. Parrillo©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved CHAPTER 9 ARAB AMERICANS What does the term Arab entail? Who does it describe according to the text and the class lecture? What is the current state of migration and geographic location of Arabs and Arab Americans in the US

2. Strangers to These Shores, Tenth Edition by Vincent N. Parrillo©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE Know the context of Syrian Lebanese, Iranian, and Iraqi migration What has been the state of migration from Iraq in the aftermath of the U.S. Iraqui occupation? Why have Iranians experienced very explicit prejudice and discrimination at different periods of their U.S. Migration Process?

3. Strangers to These Shores, Tenth Edition by Vincent N. Parrillo©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved OTHER ASIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN ASSIMILATION Understand the religious affiliation of US Arabs and Arab Americans. Understand the patterns of assimilation and the barriers to assimilation of Arab Americans.

4. Strangers to These Shores, Tenth Edition by Vincent N. Parrillo©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved CHAPTER 10 BLACK AMERICANS Institutionalized Racism What is meant by Institutionalized racism? When does it occur? What do sociologist mean when they argue that the problems with racism are its legacy and its subtlety? What were Jim crow laws and why did they remain strong for so long?

5. Strangers to These Shores, Tenth Edition by Vincent N. Parrillo©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved DESEGREGATION What did the 1954 supreme court ruling on Brown vs. The Board of education of Topeka, KS. do? What is meant by Dejure Segregation Defacto Segregation What is the importance of the Civil Rights Legislation of 1965

6. Strangers to These Shores, Tenth Edition by Vincent N. Parrillo©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved SOCIAL INDICATORS OF BLACK PROGRESS How has the percentage gap between Blacks and Whites completing four years of high school or beyond lessened since the 1960s? How have family income comparisons among Blacks and Whites changed since the 1960s?

7. Strangers to These Shores, Tenth Edition by Vincent N. Parrillo©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved SOCIAL INDICATORS OF BLACK PROGRESS Although African American representation in managerial, professional, technical, and white-collar occupations has grown slowly but steadily, significant differences remain

8. Strangers to These Shores, Tenth Edition by Vincent N. Parrillo©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved SOCIAL INDICATORS OF BLACK PROGRESS How do blacks fair in terms of poverty and class in the United States. Marital assimilation (intermarriage) remains lowest among black Americans in comparison to other racial groups

9. Strangers to These Shores, Tenth Edition by Vincent N. Parrillo©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Sociohistorical Perspective Who are the Hispanic Americans? Where do they come from, under what conditions? Which countries and geographic locations send the most significant number of “Hispanics to the U.S? Understand the relationship and the difference between race and class in Latin American and Caribbean nations and the U.S.

10. Strangers to These Shores, Tenth Edition by Vincent N. Parrillo©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved CURRENT PATTERNS What are the patterns of arrival and settlement of Hispanics in the U.S. Overall, how are Hispanics doing in terms of income in relation to whites?

11. Strangers to These Shores, Tenth Edition by Vincent N. Parrillo©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved How are hispanics doing in terms of educational attainment? How are Hispanics fairing in terms of class and poverty in the U.S. How are Hispanics doing in terms of occupations? SOCIAL INDICATORS OF HISPANIC CULTURE

12. Strangers to These Shores, Tenth Edition by Vincent N. Parrillo©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved HISPANICS Know the Migration patterns and trends of the following groups: Mexicans Puerto Ricans Cubans When, why, where do they go? How are they performing once there? Know their general patterns of assimilation

13. Strangers to These Shores, Tenth Edition by Vincent N. Parrillo©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Chapter 12 Religious Minorities Understand the socio-historical context of religion among immigrant groups in the U.S. Know the ethnic composition of religions in the U.S.

14. Strangers to These Shores, Tenth Edition by Vincent N. Parrillo©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Know the historical and current state of Catholics, Jews, and Muslims in the U.S. Understand the relationship between American culture and religion. What are the trends?