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Peer reviewedBeeman, Mark; Volk, Robert W. – Teaching Sociology, 1996
Recounts a classroom exercise in which students examine archaic ethnic slurs aimed at white Europeans (biddy, Dutch bargain). They then consider why these are no longer in use. This leads to a comparison between U.S. immigrant groups of the past and the situation of current minorities. (MJP)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Consciousness Raising, Ethnic Stereotypes, Ethnocentrism
