Dominant minority

population makes the U.S prison population the largest in the world as of today. The prison population explosion that happened during the time period of 1972-2000 was caused by many factors, however this population was disproportionately that of minorities. During the 1980’s there was a nation-wide crack epidemic that caused crime to get out of control (Pettit & Western 2004). The people demanded a get tough approach on drugs and crime. That’s when the government delivered by declaring a War…

Q2: African Americans African Americans constitute the oldest ethnic minority in the IS that were forced to migrate from Africa. On their arrival in the US, they were sold for the purpose of the slave trade to white Americans, most of whom owned acres of plantations were the Negros or black, as they were cold then; were forced to work in extremely dire conditions. Forced into work for almost 12 to 15 hours in the fields, this slave labor force only received meals once a day, slept on the floor…

Wherever a social inequality appears, there is a social stratification. It reveals not only individual difference but also characteristics of entire society. It is normally distinguished as three social classes: the upper class, the middle class and the lower class, which ranks people typically based on factors like wealth, income, race, education, and power. In most societies, social stratification is primarily based on wealth and occupation, which have a direct correlation with education. In…

individual micro-level prejudice and discrimination against, minority groups. By communicating the experience and impact of institutionalized discrimination through dramatic…

Affirmative action has been a controversial topic ever since it was established to right past wrongs against minority groups, such as African Americans, Asians, and Hispanics. The goal of affirmative action is to integrate minorities into public institutions, like universities, who have in the past been discriminated against in such environments. Even after all these years since it has been first introduced affirmative action is still a strongly debated topic. In this discussion, I am going to…

have advantages gained from the oppression of others. When someone possess privileges they rarely even think about them. Many who have privilege are socialized to believe that they deserved to have advantages over others and are more superior to the minority groups who have little…

way society views, produces, and critically engages with media. The effects of these changes have been argued to be both positive and negative. One effect I see from these changes is the increase of representation and empowerment of oppressed and minority groups, including women. The increase of content targeted at niche audiences, edgy content that pushes boundaries, and legitimation of media content are changes brought on by the post-network era that bring representation and power to women.…

heterogeneous collection of ethnic and racial minority groups, as well as of a dominant majority group"(B&B&F, 2008, p.121). In the context of the American society they view immigrants as the members of society who "actively shape their own identities rather than posing as passive subjects in front of the forces of assimilation" (B&B&F, 2008). Basically, the multicultural perspective considers the idea of multiculturalism in relation to the involvement of "ethnic minority groups as active…

make me the person I am today. I also consider my identity multidimensional because it is made up of more than one factor or dimension of myself such as my gender, race and religion. Based on the article the meaning of a both a dominant and a subordinate are, a dominant group is a group that has a lot of power and authority in society and can also determine how they can use this power and authority. This power and authority can sometimes be used to determine things such as whose history is…

examine each group diversity within the community and provide an explanation of the factors that identified each group within the Hard of Hearing community. By focusing on three major groups of the Hard of Hearing community. These groups are called minority groups that are subordinates of majority groups in the United States. These groups are very diverse in their own and many people who suffer this disability are part of these groups. I will be…