Patterns of Discrimination

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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