307 2nd Midterm review outline Professor Wendy Wang 2013 The second midterm emphasizes on (1) lecture notes, (2) the three book chapters 7, 8, and 9 (pay attention to the green concepts), as well as (3) video “LA county central jail” . Although lecture notes especially theories are the most important, I give some guidance for chapter reading as well. 1. Critically evaluate Dr. Bonacich’s “split labor market” and “middleman minority” theories; Dr. Gordon’s “assimilation” theory; the “pluralist” theory; the “push – pull” , “human capital” , and “world system” theories. 2. Central arguments of the book chapters and how did the authors support their concepts through using data and charts? 3. Conclusions of the authors 4. Marxist Conflict theory: major arguments and weaknesses 5. Davis and Moore’s Functionalist theory: major arguments and weakness 6. Wilson’s declining significance of race vs. Duncan and Blau’s empirical comparisons of Black and White occupational mobility, variables used. 7. Intergenerational vs. Intragenerational mobilities. 8. Dr. Mario Barrera’s arguments on Deficiency vs. Bias theories, variables used in the two different models (see lecture notes). 9. Push and pull theories in migration 10. Demographic theory in migration 11. Human capital theory in migration (including “brain drain”) 12. World system theory 13. Globalization 14. Outsourcing 15. Hispanic American’s history and migration patterns 16. Why most of them serve as “cheap labors”? 17. Their social, familial, and income characteristics 18. Which three ethnic groups of Hispanic and Asian have the highest population percentage? 19. Why Mexican Americans are also called “sojourners”? 20. Why they transferred from “colonized minority” to “immigration minority” (page 288) 21. Push and pull factors for Mexican Americans (page 289) 22. Immigration, colonization and intergroup competition (page 294-295) 23. Continuing colonization (295-296) 24. Protest and resistance (296) 25. Immigration (push and pull) (304) 26. The ethnic enclave (305-306) 27. Assimilation and pluralism (316-320) 28. Asian American’s history and migration patterns 29. Why Asian’s “model minority” image is wrong? 30. Which two Asian groups have the highest population percentages? 31. Chinese Americans (339-340) 32. Second generation (340-341) 33. Ethnic enclave (342-343) 34. An American success story and critique (344) 35. Korean American (352) 36. Pilipino American (353) 37. Prejudice and discrimination against Asian American (354-355) 38. Assimilation and pluralism of Asian Americans (355-365) 39. Weak political power of Asian Americans (lecture and textbook) 40. Arab American’s migration pattern and educational/occupational characteristics 41. Arab’s contribution to the world (lecture notes) 42. Middle east and Arab Americans (384-386) 43. 9-11 and after (387-388) 44. Views toward immigrants (392-393) 45. Is contemporary assimilatio.

1. 307 2nd Midterm review outline Professor
Wendy Wang 2013
The second midterm emphasizes on (1) lecture notes, (2) the
three book chapters 7, 8, and 9 (pay attention to the green
concepts), as well as (3) video “LA county central jail” .
Although lecture notes especially theories are the most
important, I give some guidance for chapter reading as well.
1. Critically evaluate Dr. Bonacich’s “split labor market” and
“middleman minority” theories; Dr. Gordon’s “assimilation”
theory; the “pluralist” theory; the “push – pull” , “human
capital” , and “world system” theories.
2. Central arguments of the book chapters and how did the
authors support their concepts through using data and charts?
3. Conclusions of the authors
4. Marxist Conflict theory: major arguments and weaknesses
5. Davis and Moore’s Functionalist theory: major arguments and
weakness
6. Wilson’s declining significance of race vs. Duncan and
Blau’s empirical comparisons of Black and White occupational
mobility, variables used.
7. Intergenerational vs. Intragenerational mobilities.
8. Dr. Mario Barrera’s arguments on Deficiency vs. Bias
theories, variables used in the two different models (see lecture
notes).
9. Push and pull theories in migration
10. Demographic theory in migration
11. Human capital theory in migration (including “brain drain”)
12. World system theory

2. 13. Globalization
14. Outsourcing
15. Hispanic American’s history and migration patterns
16. Why most of them serve as “cheap labors”?
17. Their social, familial, and income characteristics
18. Which three ethnic groups of Hispanic and Asian have the
highest population percentage?
19. Why Mexican Americans are also called “sojourners”?
20. Why they transferred from “colonized minority” to
“immigration minority” (page 288)
21. Push and pull factors for Mexican Americans (page 289)
22. Immigration, colonization and intergroup competition (page
294-295)
23. Continuing colonization (295-296)
24. Protest and resistance (296)
25. Immigration (push and pull) (304)
26. The ethnic enclave (305-306)
27. Assimilation and pluralism (316-320)
28. Asian American’s history and migration patterns

3. 29. Why Asian’s “model minority” image is wrong?
30. Which two Asian groups have the highest population
percentages?
31. Chinese Americans (339-340)
32. Second generation (340-341)
33. Ethnic enclave (342-343)
34. An American success story and critique (344)
35. Korean American (352)
36. Pilipino American (353)
37. Prejudice and discrimination against Asian American (354-
355)
38. Assimilation and pluralism of Asian Americans (355-365)
39. Weak political power of Asian Americans (lecture and
textbook)
40. Arab American’s migration pattern and
educational/occupational characteristics
41. Arab’s contribution to the world (lecture notes)
42. Middle east and Arab Americans (384-386)
43. 9-11 and after (387-388)
44. Views toward immigrants (392-393)
45. Is contemporary assimilation segmented? (397-399)
46. Reliability (repeatedly getting the similar results) vs.

4. validity (closely reflect the concepts being measured) (online
notes)
47. Stratified random sample (e.g. randomly select the states,
randomly select the schools from these states, randomly select
the random samples from these schools)
48. Literature review (online notes, to review the most update
arguments and empirical findings of the authors relating to the
race/ethnicity study topic)
49. The core values of the U.S. society (lecture, such as hard
working, competition, materialism, individualism etc)
50. The ideology of American individualism (416-417)
The Urban Scene 150
Extra Credit
Answer the question below. Your answer should be between
four and five pages. An “A” paper can improve your grade by
one letter grade, a “B” paper by one-half of a letter grade, and a
“C” paper by about one-fourth.
DUE: Friday, May 16. Please upload on Moodle.
What is urban sprawl? Why is it a problem? In particular,
discuss some of the negative environmental consequences of
urban sprawl. Discuss the problem of urban sprawl and
providing examples of sprawl in several cities. What can be
done to help solve urban sprawl? Cite at least 4 or 5 sources of
information. You may use the internet and the library.
Note on references. Legitimate reference resources include
scholarly journals/articles, books, data cited from databases
(i.e., U.S. Census), and government reports (i.e., United States

5. General Accountability Office). You may include personal or
telephone interviews with relevant stakeholders. Citations from
Internet sources that are merely web pages constructed by
individuals airing their personal views are unacceptable
sources. However, legitimate websites accessing refereed
academic journals/reports (i.e., articles published in The Urban
Institute, Journal of Urban Affairs, etc.) are legitimate
resources. One way to determine if a website is acceptable or
not is to ask yourself, “If the Internet did not exist, would I be
able to find this article in the university library?” Newspaper or
magazine articles may be used for this assignment provided they
are in-depth articles on the issue, and not just commentaries or
editorials.
Please use American Psychological Association (APA) style
guidelines to cite sources in body of your text, and to reference
your sources in the bibliography. If you need additional
guidance regarding how to construct a research paper, please
refer to the link, “citing your sources” on the Oviatt library’s
homepage.