Sociology › Section K · Race and ethnicity › Topic K.5
Race and ethnicity in the United States
The United States was built by Indigenous nations, by people brought in chains and by wave after wave of immigrants. Each group entered American society on different terms, and those terms still shape where its members stand today.
In this topic
- How the United States counts
- The 2020 snapshot
- Native Americans
- African Americans
- Asian Americans
- Hispanic and Latino Americans
- White ethnic and MENA Americans
- Worked example: reading "alone" and "in combination"
- Worked example: testing the model minority idea
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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