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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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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Journal Entry of a Subordinate Group Member June 18th‚ 1963 Hello my precious unborn child. I am not really sure where to begin. The doctor is saying that I might not make it through this pregnancy but they will make sure you live to see this crazy world that we live in. I want to make sure that you understand your history and where you come from! What a journey our family has been through. They just don’t make it easy for an African American Family. Here we are and we have
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Journal 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 Americans‚ African Americans‚ Chinese Americans‚ Japanese
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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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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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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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African Americans No matter where or when a person lives‚ skin color‚ beliefs‚ class‚ or history he/she will see a difference in the way every ethnic group is treated. This world has never been fair for anyone. Life can treat a person with the greatest of care or it will treat a person as if he/she is lower than dirt. African Americans are no different. They have faced great hardships and triumphs throughout the years. Since they had been forced from their homeland they have been treated as if
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be about the African American racial group. Through this reading we will answer many questions. Like‚ what have been the experiences of this racial group throughout history? What have been political‚ social‚ and cultural issues and concerns throughout American history? What legislation meant to constrain race within prejudicial boundaries? How did the group fight this legislation? Finally‚ what legislation meant to alleviate prejudicial boundaries has been enacted? How did the group promote this
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Diary Entry 1 We Africans had everything we had possibly wanted: Shelter‚ food‚ and family & friends to rely on. But we were all lacking something as a continent‚ and that was ‘freedom’. Now I’m going to explain how I was captured and brought up to be a slave. It was a typical day in Ghana when my mother asked me to go and milk the cow at our farm that was just before the woods. I had always been an exploratory person and this time I wanted to go and discover the woods. I had always been told
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