Minority Groups: Chapter Analysis

1. Major points of the chapter.
The first major points are minority, racial and ethnic groups. In this section the books talks about minority, racial and ethnic groups. Minority group is a subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their lives than the member of a dominant or majority group have over theirs? Racial groups are a group that is set apart from other because of physical difference that has taken on social significance. Ethnic group is a group that is set apart from others primarily because of its national origin or distinctive culture patterns. The second major point is prejudice and discrimination. In this section the book talks about prejudice which is a negative attitude
Hate crimes is a criminal offense committed because of the offender’s bias against a race, religion, ethnic group, national origin, sexual orientation. The third major point is sociological perspective on race ethnicity. Here it talks about different views. Functionalist point out the discrimination is both functional and dysfunctional for society. Conflict theorists explain racial subordinate ion through exploitation theory. Interactionists pose the hypothesis as means or reducing prejudice and discrimination. The fourth major point is that patterns of intergroup relations. There are a lot of major terms in this section. Amalgamation is when a majority group and minority group to form a new group. Assimilation is the process through which a person forsakes his or her cultural tradition to see themselves as part of a larger national family. Segregation is the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart. Pluralism is based on mutual respect for one another’s culture among the various groups in a society. The fifth major point of this chapter is race and ethnicity in the United States. In this section, it informs us that discrimination against African
3. Most important idea, concept, theory.
There was only one theory in this section and it was the exploitation theory. This is a Marxist theory that views racial subordination in the United States as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism. Another term that was interesting was color-blind racism where the use of principle of race neutrality to defend a racially unequal status quo.
4. Emotional response
In High school, I had a job at American Eagle and I remember that I put in an application four different times. On the fifth time I got hire. I wasn’t treated very nicely. I also got instructed to do task with a bad attitude and with rude remarks. The majority were only Caucasian employee and the manager were Caucasian as well. However, the employees that were Caucasian were treated with respect. Now it made sense why disregarded my application four times. It must have been because I am Hispanic. I really don’t understand why someone would treat a person different because of their background and skin color. It made me feel I was