Ethnic groups in Europe

middleman minority theory is and it is discussed in Bonacich’s article, “A Theory of Middleman Minorities.” Blalock 's defines a middleman minority as racial groups who come to a new country and are placed in the middle between producers and consumers; an overall status gap. Bonacich does not necessarily agree with Blalock. She describes these racial groups as people who do not necessarily want to settle down permanently. This means that these individuals are temporarily in the United States.…

Hugh Seton-Watson divides nations into two categorized on the basis of their formation process; old continuous and new nations, which he believes is more relevant distinction than historical and unhistorical typologies. The old continuous nations, France and Britain for instance, are those which developed national identity or national consciousness before the formulation of the doctrine of nationalism. They date back to the 1600s before the French Revolution. The old nations emerged through…

past, but most of them were predominately of Anglo-Saxon origin in their ethnic makeup. The nations that "founded" America would end up justifying their killing of the aboriginal people as a means of saying "well God ordained it". From this, even though America claims to not be based on ethnicity it ends up being a founding value of the United States and we possess a de facto founding ethnicity from the start. This founding ethnic culture remained the basis of American culture for a long period…

of its existence. They come from all over the world; Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Central America. Each group had their own reasons for coming to America whether it was to flee religious persecution political differences, or escape their own poverty-stricken countries. However, each group thrived (or failed) in different ways; which group of immigrants prospered the most? Looking at the different time periods, the reasons an ethnic group came to America, the life they have here, and how…

It comes as no surprise that ethnic diversity characterizes the great majority of the countries in the world. For coping with cultural diversity in society, a democratic social policy may be required. Multiculturalism is an example of the former and, as systematic and comprehensive response to diversity, focuses on two levels. The first is reflection of the cultural values of all various ethnic groups which constitute the society. The second is promotion of not only formal but effective equality…

changes over time and over distance, with regard to how groups of people see themselves in comparison to others around them. As society moved from interactions between local groups to travel and trade between countries and continents, meaningful distinctions between peoples became less specific. While it was once useful to refer to one’s neighbors by their language or ethnic group, a broader world meant far too many languages and ethnic groups for that categorization to be used. Categories…

non-anglo-saxon groups of people on many occasions. Although we are now known as a country that accepts all cultures and races, we haven’t always been deserving of that status. During World War I, World War II, and post-war times we treated other ethnic groups unfairly and because of this Canada does not deserve its multicultural reputation. Canada’s army limited who could fight, be treated with respect, and be acknowledged in the army during World War I, depending on their ethnic background.…

Bacchae by Euripides, Said argues in his spilt thesis that: “The two aspects of the Orient that set it off from the West in this pair of plays will remain essential motifs of European imaginative geography. A line is drawn between two continents. Europe is powerful and articulate; Asia is defeated and distant,” and, “[s]econdly, there is the motif of the Orient as insinuating danger. Rationality is undermined by Eastern excesses, those mysteriously attractive opposites to what seem to be normal…

particular place to choose the form of government they will have” (Merriam-Webster). It means that a group of people; maybe a specific race, religion, or sex, fight for what they believe in and that they want to be allowed to choose how they are governed and what that governing entails. This idea is shown in several parts of history, such as; during the American Revolution when those who left Europe wanted to choose how they, and the people who followed, were to be governed and given more…

describe the ancient Greeks and Romans. Even though Anderson’s “imagined communities” is not directly parallel in the ancient world, it is at least applicable as a way of getting at the constructed nature of identity in terms of defining “in” and “out” groups. [MAYBE MOVE TO THE CHAPTER WITH ANTHONY…