- Subject:
- Sociology
- Material Type:
- Module
- Level:
- Community College / Lower Division
- Provider:
- Ohio Open Ed Collaborative
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- Language:
- English
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Seeking Better Data on Hispanics, Census Bureau May Change How it Asks About Race
Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World, Section: 10.2
The Lasting Effects of Having a Teacher Mispronounce your Name – Sociology in Focus
What Being Hispanic and Latino Means in the United States – Ted Talk
Differentiate between race and ethnicity
Overview
OER Text Material
Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World, Section: 10.2
This section does a great job critiquing the biological conceptualization of race and discusses why race is socially constructed. Ethnicity is also defined and ethnic identity is briefly discussed. Examples such as former president Barack Obama and Tiger Woods are used to illustrate the challenge of placing people into racial categories. These examples are currently relevant, but may need updated in several years. Race and ethnicity are defined and the terms compared. This section provides a fine overview of these concepts.
Supplementary Material (Videos and Reading)
- About Race – U.S. Census
Defines racial and ethnic categories used by the census.
- PBS News Hour: "A Teacher Mispronouncing a Student's Name Can Have a Lasting Impact"
A short story on the impact of having your name misprounced. - What Being Hispanic and Latino Means in the United States – Ted Talk
First person account of the impact of ethnic identity in the U.S.
Data
Seeking Better Data on Hispanics, Census Bureau May Change How it Asks About Race
Pew research on Hispanics and census data.