Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Groups, Conflicts, and IssuesConflicts, and Issues

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Professor Alana L. Jolley

Ethnic Groups areSocial Groups Bound Together By

•Ethnicity•Language•Culture•Religion•Traditions•History

Conflict: Expulsion of Muslims,Conflict: Expulsion of Muslims, Jews From Spain Jews From Spain

15th Century Spanish/Catholic Inquisition

Conflict: Expulsion of JewsConflict: Expulsion of JewsHungary/Germany 1933-45Hungary/Germany 1933-45

Conflict: Expulsion of HutusConflict: Expulsion of Hutusby Tutsis, Rwanda, Africa 1994by Tutsis, Rwanda, Africa 1994

800,000 people killed

Conflict: Ethnic Cleansing by SerbsConflict: Ethnic Cleansing by Serbsof Kosovar Albanians - 1999of Kosovar Albanians - 1999

Towns burned, 100’s of Mass Graves

Ethnic Groupsand Cultural Issues

• Geography – lands confiscated• Intermarriage – endogamy, exogamy• Independence – autonomy • Assimilation – problematic in States• Acculturation – forced or voluntary• Language loss - education• Enculturation – culture rights, human

rights

Ethnic Groups of Central Asia

Ethnic Groups of China

Ethnic Groups ofMiddle East

Ethnic Groupsof Sub-Saharan Africa

Ethnic Groupsof Europe

Ethnic Groups ofSouth America

Ethnic Groups Ethnic Groups and the Futureand the Future

Cultural SolutionsCultural Solutions::

Multiculturalism: public policies neededMulticulturalism: public policies neededDevelopment: a form of pluralismDevelopment: a form of pluralismToleration neededToleration neededInterdependence, not SeparatismInterdependence, not SeparatismLocal control in a democratic StateLocal control in a democratic StateAcculturation: basic assimilationAcculturation: basic assimilation