Ethnicity-  “an ethnic group is a collection of people who share a distinctive cultural heritage” (Thio,198),  or they have the same background maybe they might have the same religion or history ,  it is based by culture.

Minority - “a racial or ethnic group that is subjected  to prejudice and discrimination” (Thio, 198),  may not necessarily be the smallest percentage of the population but they are subjected to the dominant group so in other words they are kind of controlled in a way. 

African Americans-  Minority -This group  people were taken away from their homes in Africa and move to America where they were enslaved for over 200 years after enslavement they undergo and still to this day go through discrimination  with laws such as Jim Crow.

Hispanic Americans-Minority-  They also once acquired land that is now considered America,  from the n 1900  to now a lot of them are immigrants from Mexico but they  also come from other countries   Cuba and Puerto Rico .They also participate in the religion Roman Catholic.

Asian-American - Minority - As of 1980 to present time  this group of people have been making a Fast growth in America coming from countries such as China, Japan , the Philippines, Korea, and Vietnam.   They're one of the smaller minorities in America but they do have a large  presents in America they started  coming to America on the West Coast.

Jewish Americans -Minority- Some of the first ancestors of Jewish came to America in  1654 they're also a group that went through a lot of discrimination and came to America for a better life nowadays Stairs some indication that Jewish roots Traditions are have lacked and that a lot of their marriages have been  with partners of  non Jewish background. 

European Americans-  they are known best as white they come from places such as Germany Ireland and other countries from the west and North Europeans there's someone seen as a dominant race in America.

 Conflict perspective:  abusive relations

-Their relations between  races and ethnicities as a negative thing filled with racism,” the belief that one's own race or ethnicity is superior to the others”, They note the heart ship such as segregation ,expulsion , and extermination.

Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Perception and Interaction

-In this perspective they view relations as a dominant group feeling the majority group being somewhat of a threat or incapable of doing normal things which causes stereotypes which is basically  putting a certain stigma on a certain group.  This also causes segregation

 

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