Be able to distinguish between ethnicity and race.
Understand how race is constructed in the United States, and what the rule of hypodescent is.
Understand the Japanese concept of race and how it differs from the construction of race in the United States and Brazil.
Understand how race is constructed in Brazil and how it differs from conceptions of race in the United States and Japan. In particular, you should understand the fluidity of Brazilians' concept of race.
Know what nation-states, nationalities, and imagined communities are.
Know the different ways that ethnic tolerance and accommodation may be achieved. You should know how these differ and the important attributes of each.
Be able to identify various sources and consequences of ethnic conflict.
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