Types of Interactions

Patterns in minority group treatment

Extermination

ethnic cleansing: involves removing a group from a particular area through terror, expulsion and mass murder

genocide: goal is to destruct a national, ethnic or religious group

elimination of a minority group

Population Transfer

examples:direct transfer of Native Americans in the 1800s

the dominant people cause the minority to leave because of how miserable they make them feel

dominant group separates itself from a minority group by transferring the minority population to a new industry

Subjugation

apartheid- legal segregation of all groups within the country, power remained in the hand's of the whites

most extreme form is slavery

when some coutries maintain control through force

Segregation

De facto segregation- segregation based on informal norms

De Jure Segregation- based on laws

policies that physically separate a minority group from a dominant group

Legal Protection

affirmative action- give preference to racial dn ethic minorities and women for jobs and school admission

examples are the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting rights act of 1965

legal steps have been taken to ensure that the rights f minority groups are protected

Assimilation

sometimes occurs voluntarily, but other times it is forced

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

sometimes official policies do not favor holding on to their unique cultural features

Cultural Pluralism

Switzerland- French, German, Italian all live together in Switzerland and none has taken on a dominant or minority role

allows each group within society to keep its unique cultural identity