SOC 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hutterite, Rick Mercer, Talking To Americans
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What happens when different cultures come into contact with one another: segregation, genocide, assimilation, amalgamation, pluralism, multi variate assimilation, segregation. Refers to where one culture lives apart from other cultures for various reasons. Involuntary segregation: example being african americans in the us during the slave trade. Sit at the back of the bus, different schools, cannot marry white people otherwise thrown in jail . Apartheid in sa: illegal for white people to try and educate the black africans. Gave the black africans townships which is the same as reserves in canada. ( saw how they treated minorities in canada) Reserves: europeans decided to segregate first nations people and colonize canada. A way for the settlers to feel safe away from these savages . Voluntary segregation: volunteers to be away from other cultures. China towns across different cities in the country: genocide. Refers to the systematic killing of one category of people by another (worst case scenario)
