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によって Garrett Sieger 5年前.

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Patterns of Discrimination

Different forms of social and political policies shape the interactions between dominant and minority groups. Discrimination and protection frameworks, like the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, aim to address past inequities and ensure minority rights.

Patterns of Discrimination

Patterns of Discrimination

Population Transfer

direct transfer- relocating a group by force, also may involve expelling a group from a nation
Indirect transfer- dominant group makes life so miserable for minority group they are forced to leave
Sometimes the dominant group removes themself from a minority group by transferring the population to a different population

Extermination

Ethnic cleansing: removing a group of people from a specific area through terror and mass murder
Goal is the destruction of a group, like a race. Also referred to as a genocide, for example the nazis and the holocaust
Most extreme pattern of intergroup relations

Cultural Pluralism

Switzerland has 3 national languages for each of its main ethnic groups
Allows each group to keep its cultural identity

Assimilation

"Melting Pot"
The blending of culturally distinct groups into a single group of people with a common culture

Subjugation

Example is apartheid, which came to a downfall in the mid 1990s
Maintaining control over a group through force, most extreme force is slavery

Segregation

European Jews were forced to live in walled-off communities
De jure and de facto
Policies that physically separate a minority group from the dominant group

Legal Protection

"Reverse Discrimination"
Designed to correct past imbalances
ensure minorities are protected with Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act