SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Census Tract, White Ethnic, Hutu
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The consequences of subordinate-group status: there are several consequences for a group of subordinate status. These differ in their degree of harshness, ranging from physical annihilation to absorption into the dominant group: extermination, the most extreme way of dealing with a subordinate group is to eliminate it. One historical example is the british destruction of the people of tasmania, an island off the coast of australia. This term is often used in reference to the holocaust, nazi germany"s extermination of 12 million. European jews and other ethnic minorities during world war ii. The term ethnic cleansing was introduced as ethnic serbs instituted a policy to eliminate muslims from parts of bosnia. European colonial powers in north america and eventually the. The expulsion of the chinese meant that they were uprooted and became a new minority group in many nations, including australia, france, the. Generally, the dominant group imposes segregation on a subordinate group.
