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ch 10 sociology notes - section 2 (part 2)TRANSCRIPT
Chapter 10, Section 2 (Part ii)Chapter 10, Section 2 (Part ii)
Patterns of Minority Group Treatment
-official vs. unofficial “policies” within a society
Patterns of Minority Group Treatment
-official vs. unofficial “policies” within a society
Cultural Pluralism Cultural Pluralism
Policy allows each group within society to keep its unique cultural identity
Ethnic and racial variety encouraged Example: Switzerland has 3 official
languages
Policy allows each group within society to keep its unique cultural identity
Ethnic and racial variety encouraged Example: Switzerland has 3 official
languages
AssimilationAssimilation Blending of culturally distinct groups into a single
group with a common culture and identity Some voluntary Some forced: Turks in Bulgaria in 80s
Blending of culturally distinct groups into a single group with a common culture and identity Some voluntary Some forced: Turks in Bulgaria in 80s
Legal ProtectionLegal Protection Legal steps to ensure rights are protected Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of
1965, Race Relations Act 1965 Affirmative Action: is it reverse discrimination
Legal steps to ensure rights are protected Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of
1965, Race Relations Act 1965 Affirmative Action: is it reverse discrimination
SegregationSegregation Policies that physically separate a minority group
from the dominant group -two types: de jure segregation: based on laws; de
facto segregation: based on informal norms
Jews in Europe in Middle Ages, legal segregation in US in 60s
Policies that physically separate a minority group from the dominant group
-two types: de jure segregation: based on laws; de facto segregation: based on informal norms
Jews in Europe in Middle Ages, legal segregation in US in 60s
SubjugationSubjugation Maintaining of control over a group through
force Slavery: ownership of one person by another
South Africa’s apartheid
Maintaining of control over a group through force
Slavery: ownership of one person by another South Africa’s apartheid
Population TransferPopulation Transfer Dominant group in a society separates itself from
a minority group by transferring the minority population to a new territory Directly and indirectly Dominant force makes life so hard they leave -
gentrafication?
Dominant group in a society separates itself from a minority group by transferring the minority population to a new territory Directly and indirectly Dominant force makes life so hard they leave -
gentrafication?
ExterminationExtermination Genocide: intentional destruction of the entire
targeted population Jews in Russia - Czar Alexander Jews in Holocaust Tasmanians Khoikhois of Southern Africa Ethnic cleansing: removing a group from a particular
area through terror, expulsion, mass murder
Genocide: intentional destruction of the entire targeted population Jews in Russia - Czar Alexander Jews in Holocaust Tasmanians Khoikhois of Southern Africa Ethnic cleansing: removing a group from a particular
area through terror, expulsion, mass murder