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    Subordinate Group: African Americans Kelly Durham Eth 125 February 21‚ 2010 Stephanie Perry Subordinate Group: African Americans America is the land of freedom and a land of opportunity. From the beginning of this great nation people have immigrated to America in the pursuit of freedom and happiness. However‚ not everyone who immigrated to America has been blessed with the same freedoms as others. This is especially the case with African Americans. African Americans are a subordinate

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    Subordinate Group Consequences and Creation The Native American is a subordinate group in the United States. A subordinate group is a minority group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than do the members of a dominant or majority group. Some other examples of subordinate groups in the United States are Hawaiians‚ African Americans‚ Chinese Americans‚ Polish Americans and Puerto Ricans. A subordinate group has five characteristics. They are unequal treatment

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    Subordinate Group I arrived here in America in the early 1800’s from Nigeria‚ Africa; through what was referred to as the Middle Passage: the name Africans gave to the trip across the Atlantic Ocean to New World enslavement. I was taken from my homeland against my will. I belonged to the tribe of Yoruba which made up about 24% of the slave population here in America. Enslaved Africans represented many different peoples‚ each with distinct cultures‚ religions‚ and languages. Most originated from

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    be cited properly. Three point deduction per error. African Americans after the Civil War The African Americans played a major role before and after the Civil War‚ beginning from 1861 to 1870‚ which helped shape the course and consequences of the Civil War. In determining how African Americans shaped the course and consequences of the Civil War‚ one must assess how African Americans were given more opportunities. Politically‚ African Americans began to have a role in voting and to have the President

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    refer to a subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the members of a dominant group have over theirs? a. minority group b. majority group c. stratified group d. social group 2. In sociological terms‚ a majority is the same as a a. numerical minority. b. numerical majority. c. dominant group. d. subordinate group. 3. Members of a minority or subordinate group a. generally

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    Entry of a Subordinate Group Member · Resources: Ch. 1 in Racial and Ethnic Groups and the U.S. Census Bureau American Fact Finder website at http://factfinder.census.gov · Select one of the following subordinate groups from Ch. 1 of the text. Because the chapter does not list all subordinate groups‚ you may select any other group with a documented history in the United States. o Subordinate groups: Native AmericansAfrican Americans‚ Chinese Americans‚ Japanese Americans

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    Furthermore‚ in other major productions‚ criminal activities captivated the big screen and introduced African Americans as robbers‚ gangsters‚ prostitutes‚ drug dealers‚ and addicts. Directors would showcase black actors as being aggressive and engaging in disputes with other cast members. These senseless on-screen acts would lead to them violently beating up someone thus further leading to incarceration. By putting a black male or female in jail is a false accusation that all colored people behave

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    Alexander Herituleac points out that Africa suffered seriously from the consequences of the scramble. For one thing‚ the nature of colonial exploitation forced Africa to export raw materials to the Western powers and colonialism encouraged competition and conflicts among ethnic groups to benefit the colonial powers at the expense of African states. As such‚ African economies are vulnerable to the ups and downs of the global markets and unable to develop its economies

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    History and Description of a Subordinate Group Member. xxxxxxxxxxx ETH 125 October 28‚ 2009 xxxxxxxxxxxxx History and Description of a Subordinate Group Member. Throughout the history of North America‚ there has been one ethnic group who has given up almost everything to the European settlers. Land‚ home‚ resources‚ and dignity were stolen from Native Americans. The long history of the American Indian is being written‚ even today. Approximately forty thousand years ago‚ the earliest ancestors

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    stereotypes about African Americans have been created. Some stereotypes are positive‚ while others are negative. African Americans have learned to deal with these statements. Some of these stereotypes were created when slavery was still around in America. African American stereotypes usually have something to do with their skin color and how they act. These stereotypes have hurt many African Americans because of what it meant. While there are a lot of negative stereotypes about African Americans‚ there

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