chapter 10 Racial and ethnic relations

The concept of race is not science. As a society grows individuals try to find comfort in groups that share something in common with them. The larges problem of this concept is that groups discriminate others. By distinguishing others as superior the less popular ethnicities and races are treated as minorities. These are the truths of the social classes and the prejudice to those who are different.

Race is a set of traits that are recognize by others. There are different social races that expand from there are 2 races to 200. The main theory is that there are three race groups the Mongoloids, Engrains and Caucasoid, but it does not apply to all the individuals of the world. In the other hand ethnicity are the people that share opinions that distinguish them turning them into an ethnic group once others recognize them. Many concepts of races and ethnicities cause the division in a society the concepts of a minority group is created based on the idea that they are less so they can be treated differently. 

        

Once the minority group of an area is established socially it becomes a trend to discriminate them based on their difference to the dominant race or ethnicity. There are two types of discrimination legal and institutional discrimination the only differences are that one would be punished and the other is allowed. Way individuals create the weakness or bad reputation for a group is with stereotypes to create a concept of those individuals so that the rumors become true caused by the self –fulfilling prophecy effect.  This is why racism exists, to solve it the groups must be allowed to be understood and incorporated, because the minority groups are the scapegoats for the problems because they are different.  

                   

There are many minorities in the social classes, races ethnic groups and economically the main reason for their existence is that they are different and unpopular. Cultural pluralism is allows cultures to keep traditions, allowing them to maintain their identity. This facilitates their assimilation because they can share it without being out cased. The problem is that some segregate the minorities with laws, de jure segregation, or with informal methods, de facto segregation.  These are methods of subjugation in some ways it is like mental slavery. In the worst case this leads to genocide or ethnic cleansing. The five minorities of the USA are the black, Hispanics, Asian, Native American and white ethnics which are those that did not share the same beliefs as the English.

The truth of how the social structures divide only to ensure inequality is destructive. The more it is understood the better a society can prepare to neglect its growth. Every ethnicity has its truths and knowledge that deserve respect. Sooner or later the inequality will cause revolutions in the society that tend to have violence. So less violence and more unity for the future this way we can see the past a judge and analyze the why.