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MCS Mrs McVey Minority What does the word minority mean Minorities Minority group of people with physical or cultural traits different from those of the dominant group in society ID: 585283

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Patterns of Minority Groups Treatment

MCS

Mrs. McVeySlide2

Minority

What does the word

minority

mean? Slide3

Minorities

Minority

:

group of people with physical or cultural traits different from those of the dominant group in society

Distinctive physical or cultural characteristics that can be used to separate from society

Dominated by majorityOften believed to inferiorCommon sense of identity, strong group loyaltyMajority determines who belongs to minoritySlide4

Minority

Women out number men in the United States…so why are women a minority?

(Think about what the previous slide said)Slide5

Race & Ethnicity

RACE: People sharing certain inherited physical characteristics that are considered important within a society (how you look)

ETHNICITY: group identified by cultural, religious, or national characteristics (where you come from)Slide6

Melting pot

Toss saladSlide7

Assimilation

Assimilation is the blending or fusing of minority groups into the dominant society

Melting pot

Tossed salad

Anglo-conformity is the most common pattern of assimilation

Cultural pluralism is the desire of a group to maintain some sense of identity separate from the dominant groupSlide8

Patterns of Conflict

Genocide (most extreme): systematic effort to destroy an entire population

Examples from history?

Population transfer: minority is forced to move to a remote location or leave entirely

Subjugation (most common): minority group is denied equal access to the benefits of society

De jure segregation = by lawDe facto segregation = everyday practiceSlide9

Pluralism

Policy that allows each group within a society to keep its unique cultural

identitiy

Example: Switzerland; three official languages, loyalty to Switzerland, one group doesn’t not have a dominate or minority role in Swiss societySlide10

Assimilation

Blending of culturally distinct groups into a single group with a common culture and identity

Voluntary, occurs naturally over time due to daily interactions, or forced

Example: Native American children sent to mission schools to help them adopt the English language, European styles of dress, and learn about ChristianitySlide11

Legal Protection

Legal steps taken to ensure that they rights of minority groups are protected

Example: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Affirmative ActionSlide12

Segregation

Policies that physically separate a minority group from the dominate group

De jure (by law) or De Facto (societal norms like economics)

Example: Jewish ghettos; Jim Crow LawsSlide13

Subjugation

Maintaining control over a group through force

Example: slavery; apartheid in South AfricaSlide14

Population Transfer

Indirect or direct transfer of a minority group to a new territory by the dominate group

Indirect—dominate group makes life so miserable for the minority group they choose to leave the area

Direct—movement to a new location with use of force or laws

Example: Native American Reservations; Japanese InternmentSlide15

Extermination/Genocide

Intentional destruction of the entire targeted population

Also known as genocide or ethnic cleansing

Example:

HolocauseSlide16

Reasons for Discrimination & Prejudice

Social norms: lays out ways in which members of society are expected to relate to members of certain groups

Personality: authoritarians, conformists, angry, likely to blame others

Scapegoating: blaming others when cause or resolution to problems is unknown or out of one’s reach

Competition for scarce resources: JOBS