Minorities

world due to rising issues of identity and rights for minority groups. Will Kymlicka is a Canadian scholar who “focuses on issues of democracy and diversity, and in particular on models of citizenship and social justice within multicultural societies.” Kymlicka proposes that states should protect minority and cultural rights, attempts to categorize minorities into two groups, identifies that culture is a synonym to a nation and states that minorities in a liberal state like Canada have more…

Stereotypes and the Culture of Silence in the “Meritocracy” The “Asian model minority” is inevitably associated with a myriad of stereotypes. A few typical traits related to the stereotypical Asian are “nerdy,” “try-hards,” and “bookworms.” In addition, Asians are seen to be good at math, or at least supposed to be. However, people who are ignorant of the situation may still believe that being identified as the “model minority” with these “positive” stereotypes, such as being good at math, is…

Institutional racism is defined as racism that is ingrained into the procedures and practices of schools that cause disadvantage and discrimination for ethnic minority groups. There is evidence that there is differential achievement in terms of ethnicity. This is evidenced by 79% of Chinese students achieving 5A*-C GCSE grades (including English and Maths) and 74% of Indian students achieving 5A*-C GCSE grades (including English and Maths). This compares significantly to 60% of Bangladeshi…

That statement alone creates an objection to Epictetus saying that a person should change their outlook on a law. Why should one change who they are to fit the image of what someone else wants them to be? The reason for King’s movement was for the minority group to be respect for the people they are not for what everyone else wanted them to be. Therefore, King’s way is the correct way to go because his way provides equality to for the community. Epictetus is only keeping things the same and…

argument. This movie uses the analogy of animals of different species to represent people of different races and cultures within a given society. The different species are divided into the categories of predators and prey, with predators being the minority at 10% and prey being the majority population. Throughout the movie we see many examples of real life issues dealing with race, class, bias, stereotypes, social justice and other topics. The characters in this movie become subtle metaphors for…

and ugliness is the analogous counterpart to ability and beauty respectively. These categories however can illicit strong responses towards them. It is how society perceives abnormality, disability, and ugliness that create marginalization of these minority…

I am from a small town in Georgia called Albany where the population is majority African-American, as I grew up I became very used to being in the minority. At the time, I had no idea of the differences between people in regards to races. I had no understanding of the fact that only one out of every ten people in Albany were even Caucasian like myself. I saw everyone around me as the same, because I had not been taught a difference. Unlike with race, I did understand the differences in gender…

In job applications, everyday life, or even school, we can see that people discriminate and view minorities as being inferior, not as intelligent, slow, and maybe even violent and reckless. These symbolic views are unfortunately aiding in this behavior, we can see that the children who were in the bottom of the experiment did poorer and felt inferior…

thought of the period can be detrimental to society; sometimes, going against existing ideas due to personal research is vital for progression. Hence, it is important to protect the rights of the minority in order to gain different perspectives on solving modern mysteries. Often the rights of the minority will be overlooked due to their different ideals. Due to this reality, I want to help; I want to study constitutional law in the future, so that I may aid in the fight against majority tyranny…

Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians enlisted in droves to serve their country. The military gave minorities training that they normally wouldn’t receive in civilian life. Furthermore, the act of serving in the military entitled the soldier to American citizenship, a perk that dramatically increased volunteer rates for Mexican Americans. Even ethnic Filipinos…