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    Marginalization of minority groups has been a problem in the United States for a quite a long time. Even the government and the society have set some rules and constraints against certain minority groups in the United States. One of the minority groups is the homosexual groups. Many states of United States marginalized the issue of same sex marriage so much that they placed ban on same sex marriage. In those states, even the police officers treat same sex marriage people as criminal because of their

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    of many different cultures throughout many centuries. The Korean and Ainu minority groups are strong influential actors whose behaviour is bringing structural change to the existing social hierarchy in contemporary Japan. Their aims are centered around the change in Japan’s ethnocentric outlook and to create a national society of acceptance, rights, education in hopes to end the discrimination towards these minority groups. Japan has always been a country built upon the acceptance of science and

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    The term minority group refers to a subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their lives than members of a dominant or majority group. Edmund Burke states “In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the cruelest oppressions upon the minority”. These simple words sum up the conflicts of every minority group throughout our time. A minority group shares a common set of social practices which are recognized from within the group and by others

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    Practically, every country in the universe has a minority populace that can be either national, ethnic, linguistic, or a religious group. Minority concerns have been on the itinerary of the United Nations for more than half a century. In 1948, the General Assembly asserted that the United Nations could not remain detached to the providence of minorities. That explicates why the 2005 World Summit Outcome reaffirmed the rights of minorities and advocacy to the efforts of the United Nations (Zanden

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    Protect The recent political climate in this country has placed more focus on the rights of minorities. The current discourse is fierce, and it revolves around how much should be done when it comes to representing and fighting for minorities who are being discriminated against. The recent spike in hate crimes has done little to appease fears within these minority groups, and the persecution of minorities will create more problems for not just them, but for every citizen in this country. It is with

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    However, what to do if the majority is hostile towards the minority? Minority groups should have the same rights and protection as the majority group. However, this is often not the case. Either it is because more members from the majority group are represented in positions of decision-making, or either it is out of fear of upsetting members of the majority group, the minority groups in a state are often put at disadvantage with their rights at least partially lessened

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    oppression of minority groups and social pressure towards these groups to conform to the majority culture. In any historical sense, from the near extermination of Native Americans to the racial profiling of Muslim individuals after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, minority groups have always been the victims and have always been viewed as different if they do not assimilate into the “typical” American culture. Numerous works of literature have successfully displayed the struggles that minorities face when

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    From: Evan Sadrakula Date: April 15, 2016 Subject: Disproportionality of Minority Groups in Special Education Introduction Some students are subject to unequal representation at school, particularly those in a minority group. In the past, there were vast amounts of racial biases that spread across the United States. Unfortunately, racial bias still exists today, in the 21st century. There are those who feel that certain groups of people should not be given equal opportunities based on their skin

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    Introduction: Racism has consistently affected African Americans, Asians, Latinos/Hispanics, Caribbean, Etc. Many researchers argue about the many factors affecting minority groups in society due to racism. Racism can have direct and indirect effects on a minority population. All the groups listed are all known as minorities within the United States and their socioeconomic standards. Socioeconomic status, also known as (SES), is a way used to classify many American citizens into different classes

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    Racial prejudice toward minority groups has been a problem throughout all of history. While overt racism and prejudice may be diminished from the days of our dark past, covert racism is very much alive. Society loves to embellish on how far the country has come in the fight against racial prejudice by highlighting significant events such as having the first black president. Yet there are still too many instances of subtle racism. In 2011, there were almost 700,000 incidents of stop and frisk policing

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