Example Of How Minority Group To Dominant Group Response Patterns Of Exploration?

1. A. One instance of how minority group to dominant group’s response pattern of acceptance was portrayed was when the cops pulled Terrence Howards and his TV wife over and one of the cops began to molest his wife. The couple had done nothing wrong, but the cop pulled them over anyhow because “they are up to something”. When he threatens to arrest the couple, and begins to “search” the wife for weapons he asks Howard what we can do about the situation. He can either apologize for his and his wife’s actions, and be let off with a warning, or they can be arrested. Howards chooses to apologize while his wife is being felt up by the officer. The couple had done nothing wrong. The actions of the police officer were in the wrong, yet they couple …show more content…
The dominant group to minority group response patterns of exploration were portrayed as racist and stereotypical ideas of a particular group, yet, they are portrayed as the ones in charge. The dominant to minority patterns were seen when the district attorney wants to pin a medal on a black person to show that he’s not racist. When he thinks of a firefighter, he is informed that the person is from Iraq and that their name is Saddam. Immediately, he is revolved by the thought, because it would look bad if he pinned a medal on a person from Iraq with this name. He does not care that the person is actually a hero, all he sees are prejudicial thoughts that direct his actions. He is controlling which group of people will get a medal and only people from X group will get a medal, because he wants them to make him look good. When the majority to minority groups were evident it appeared that they did not care about the minority, but only cared on how that minority would make them look good. The minority to majority groups in return would accept the Status Quo such as the lock smith, or young lady in the D.A. living room who kept quiet while Sandra Bullock ordered that her husband gets the locks fixed because the locks smith was a gang banger based on his ethnicity, and appearance. The minority group accepted the situation trying to keep it from escalating into a larger problem. Ludacris talked about defying the status Quo for change, but rather than being an inspirational leader, he commits crimes that are discriminatory to another group, and reaffirms the majorities groups in their prejudice stereotypes and ideas on the minority