Sociology 4949: Outline--Week One

I. Syllabus and Schedule: Introduction

Takaki: A Different Mirror

1. Source of the title

2. Interweaving the histories of various minorities in America... for example, industrial employment finally opened up for African-Americans only when immigration from southern and eastern Europe was drastically curtailed in the 1920

Gallagher: Rethinking the Color Line--a particularly good anthology of sociological work on race relations.

Groups

II. "Washing Away the Veil"

III Using the American Factfinder from the Census Bureau to get race/ethnic statistics on cities/states/nation as of 2000 Census (http://www.census.gov/).

IV. Using the State Demography Center of the Minnesota Planning Department to get information about Minnesota in relation to the 2000 census: http://www.demography.state.mn.us/Census2000.html

Minority Duluth Minneapolis St. Paul Minnesota United States
African-American 1,415(1.4%) 68,818(18.0%) 33,637(11.7%) 171,731(3.5%) 36,419,000(12.9%)
Asian/PacIs 993(1.1% 23,465(6.1%) 35,488(12.4%) 141,968(2.9%) 11,899,000(4.2%)
American Indian 2,122(2.4%) 8,378 (2.2%) 3,259(1.1%) 54,967(1.1%) 4,119,000 (1.5%)
Hispanic 921(1.1%) 29,175(7.6%) 22.715(7.9%) 143,382(2.9%) 35,316,000(12.5%)

 

For more current numbers and for projections, look under A-Z Subject, "Race" and "Races." The Missouri Census Data Center Population Estimates Reports States will give you the latest figures for each state, including Minnesota.

 

V. Video: "Race: the Power of An Illusion--the Difference Between Us"