Racial-Ethnic Relations

4 important questions on Racial-Ethnic Relations

What is a minority group:

Not necessarily a small number of people. But people who are discriminated against because they belong to a particular group. Usually have a dominant group

Goals of minority groups: (what do minority groups want to accomplish in regard to the dominant group)

1. Assimilation: wanting to be treated as individuals, not as members of a separate group. Members of the minority group adopt the culture of the dominant group.

2. Pluralism: minority wants to live peacefully with the dominant group, yet maintain the differences that set it apart.

3. Secession: wanting cultural and political independence, the minority seeks to separate itself.

4. Militancy: convinced of its own superiority, the minority wants to reverse the status and dominate the society.

What is institutional discrimination:

Inequality built into the social system that oppresses whole groups.
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What is racial-ethnic stratification:

The unequal distribution of a society's resources based on race-ethnicity > functionalists say > helps get the dirty work done

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