Using Intensive Interview Data: Teaching Concepts of Ethnicity and Ethnic Group Relations

students as abstract concepts. Using data collected through intensive interviews with individuals who identify themselves as ethnic, a micro-level approach to teaching concepts of ethnicity and ethnic group relations has been developed as a supplement to the macro-level approach of ethnic relations textbooks. A sourcebook of quotations from respondents is used to help students to gain a fuller understanding of the textbook definitions of concepts such as immigration, assimilation, ethnic identity, prejudice, and discrimination.