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1. Discuss the role race plays in both US immigration history and US history with Native Americans. How has race mattered and/or not mattered to the treatment of immigrants in the past? Is this true for current immigrants? Now compare and contrast your answer with Native American history.

2. Thinking about Schaefer’s 7 responses to racial/ethnic diversity how did the US initially respond to 19th century immigrants? Did this change over the course of the 20th century? Now compare and contrast your answer with Native American history.

3. What will the US look like in the year 2100? Thinking about Schaefer’s 7 responses to racial/ethnic diversity, how is US society responding to Latino/a immigration? How are Latino/as responding? Is this the best possible response in your opinion? What will happen to this particular immigrant group over the course of the 21st century? Now compare and contrast your answer with the current situation for Native Americans.