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    Multiculturalism is the view that those cultures, ethnicities and races particularly of minority should warrant distinct acknowledgment and support of their diverse differences within a dominant culture. Ideology surrounding multiculturalism ranges from the advocacy of equality to promoting the preservation of cultural diversity. Policing in the UK has long been stigmatised with regards to race relations. Procedures for recruitment underwent two major transformations following on from the Race Relations

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    MAIN PART ▪ Who is Narendra and what does he do ▪ What identities does he have ▪ What are the discourses of visitor to national park and chairmen ▪ Racial & ethnic identities ▪ Unmarked identity – Othering (RACIAL) CONCLUSION ▪ Where does Narendra’s heart lay – ethnic or both? TMA03 PART 1: What does this table tell us about the

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    movement. The dual legacies of discrimination against ethnic minorities and the country’s uneven economic development have created strong support in non-Persian areas for political reform. During recent presidential elections, the non-Persian electorate tilted heavily toward the reformist wing. Support for democratic political change among Iran’s ethnic minorities is likely to persist so long as the country’s periphery remains an economic backwater. Although the Iranian economy has been growing,

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    first peacetime draft, which occurred in 1941 as a precursor to the United States's future involvement in the war. World War II also, however, had a profound impact on the lives of women and ethnic minorities in the United States. Because white men were the primary candidates of the draft, women and minorities were able to fill job openings that were created when over 1 million Americans went to fight the war. This was not true of Japanese-Americans, however, who were treated with high levels of discrimination

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    reduces social boundaries and eventually leads to a reduction in the salience of an ethnic identity. Because the offspring of intermarried couples may opt out of defining themselves as members of an ethnic group, intermarriage may affect the future size and shape of an ethnic population. Among Hispanics, intermarriage with non-Hispanic whites or non-Hispanic blacks may ultimately lead to a blurring of racial/ethnic boundaries. At the same time, intermarriage between members of different Hispanic subgroups

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    This means that three quarters of police officers are male. Estimates in 2008 put female firefighters in at just three per cent. In March 20009 the ethnic minority of police officers in England and Wales was 4.4 per cent, firefighters in 2008 were at three per cent and RAF 1.8 percent of ethnic minorities in 2007-2008 the percentage of ethnic minorities in the UK is 7.9 per cent. Services in UPS have to put many support mechanisms in place to ensure that diverse groups and individuals have equal

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    mediation as a conflict resoltion against police culture. related to culture and power imbalance with minority population and the police culture. LeBaron (1997) argues that people who are privileged or members of one or more dominant groups encounter less problems and lower-intensity conflicts compared to the disadvantaged society see conditions as incendiary. This paper argues that ethnocultural minority groups populations are at a disadvantage with society compared to white culture and policing. The

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    of Canada’s roots as a ‘white settler society’,” thus shunning non-whites as a lower class. Minorities and immigrants were especially treated unfairly throughout the 20th century and labelled as ‘enemy alien’ as a consequence of the many wars taken place during that time period. They suffered

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    political, and economic. Researchers and theorists aims to find the interactions with race and ethnicity in a given society, region, or community. Today, racial and ethnic disparities in the United States do exist and many racial and ethnic minority are faced with inequality in resource, power, status, and income. Such majority-minority relations are under the association of power; therefore, probable tensions or conflicts always exist. When examining schools, neighborhoods, politics, and media; such

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    P5 Review the methods used by public services to ensure they have a diverse workforce P6 Explain the duty of public services to provide equality of service to all citizens M3 - Analyze the effectiveness of the methods used by the public services to promote equality and diversity in the society and within the forces. D2 - Evaluate the effectiveness of the methods used by the public services to promote equality and diversity in the society and within the forces. All Public services organizations

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