SEMINAR PAPER ON MINORITIES AND GHETTOISATION: COMMUNITY PERCEPTION‚ COPING MECHANISM AND EVERYDAY STRUGGLE [pic] INTRODUCTION Minorities constitute religious minorities‚ racial minorities; sexual minorities so on and so forth. With the passage of time‚ the meaning of the term “minority” has undergone a change. In the past‚ the minority of mere number was rather the privileged class with full control over resources possessing material advantages
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Setareh Salehi Cop in the Hood Peter Moskos‘‚ Cop in The Hood‚ is the story of a sociologist going native by going through the Baltimore police academy‚ becoming a cop and working for over a year. The book follows Moskos chronological journey‚ from the academy to the street and the last part of the book is dedicated to a pretty thorough analysis of the War on Drugs. The first interesting observation from Moskos’s work is his analysis of the police academy as relatively useless for the job:
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Aishani Khurana 18th March 2013 America in the era of slavery The Origin of Race and Slavery in North America The origin of race and slavery in North America is often viewed chronologically. Historians are divided on their stance as to whether or not racism may be considered as the root cause of slavery. While some agree on this‚ others argue that slavery in fact had nothing to do with the origins of racism and that in retrospect‚ slavery when legalized actually facilitated racism. However
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Religious intolerance has always been a trademark of Brazil despite the fact that since the year of 1891 the country was constitutionally declared a secular nation. With a population of more than 209 million‚ Brazil is mostly catholic (65%)‚ and while Protestants (23%) have eased their way into being socially tolerated and accepted through the years every other religion is quite often rejected and frowned upon. This rejection makes it difficult for other religions to grow‚ but certainly not impossible
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Alessandra Raengo Life in Those Shadows! Kara Walker’s Post-Cinematic Silhouettes1 Kara Walker’s installations have garnered international attention since the early 1990s for deploying an archaic representational form of portraiture – the cutout silhouette. They have been the target of considerable controversy2 for the perceived obscenity of her imagery and the alleged reviving of deep-seated racial stereotypes.3 Controversy that‚ I contend‚ is only partly a response to her iconography and more to
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The immigration experience as a Latino-American is as diverse as the manifold cultures that the pan-ethnic identity‚ Latino‚ aims to subsume. With regards to the immigration experience‚ Zavella (1991) lays an emphasis on the notion of social location. The difference among Latinos in American society is embedded in their “social location within the social structure”‚ in which identity‚ or one’s sense of self‚ is emergent from the intersected social spaces formed by class‚ race/ethnicity‚ gender‚ and
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There are two concepts one should talk about when approaching the subject of immigration and how it applies to a minority: integration and assimilation. Integration is the acceptance of a country’s laws and basic principles while keeping a distinct cultural identity. By contrast‚ assimilation requires adopting the majority’s customs‚ values and way of life. Because of the so-called "melting pot"‚ integration is almost always promoted as the shining beacon of America‚ but most often successful
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(Ed.). (2001). The States and Public Higher Education Policy: Affordability‚ Access and Accountability Kang‚ K. C. (1996‚ January 26). Filipinos happy with life in U.S.‚ but lack united voice. Los Angeles Times‚ p.A1. King‚ R.C. (June 2000). Racialization‚ Recognition‚ and Rights: Lumping and splitting Multiracial Asian Americans in the 2000 Census Luzzo‚ D.A. (October 1993). Ethnic Differences in College Students’ Perceptions of Barriers to Career Development Okamura‚ J.Y. & Agbayani‚ A.R. (1997)
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Race‚ gender‚ sexuality and class are intersectional socially constructed concepts and institutions that create perceived differences and hierarchies that separate humans in society and reproduce positions of domination and subordination through the process of ‘othering’ (Collins‚ 1990). It is through this process of ‘othering’ and the representations of it that the inclusion and exclusion of groups occurs‚ resulting in the subordination and domination of these groups (Hall‚ 2001). This essay will
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Week 1: Thursday September 4‚ 2014 Diversity: Reality‚ Concepts‚ History and Perspectives Concepts and Reality of Diversity Meaning of diversity Mixture Assortment Difference (deviation from the ‘normal’ or ‘expected’) Variety (of something) Cultural heterogeneity Social inclusivenessNote: Commitment to diversity management is important. Reality of diversity A changing world (different groups living together) Aboriginal people’s demands (rights‚ political communities etc.) Quebec’s
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