Chapter 12; Race and EthnicityOnce-Aloof White S. Africans Venture Into Black Townships By Craig TimbergWashington Post Foreign ServiceSunday, August 15, 2004; Page A20 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1408-2004Aug14.html
...from South Africa has been up over 350,000 tourists from 5 years ago. This and other trends in South Africa have people of all color, agreeing that the old traditions and mentalities of apartheid are indeed weakening. It is a growing trend amongst the white populace to experience all the cultures that make up South Africa. Concept Connection Minority and dominant groups (page 346 in text), pervade the lives of the people of South Africa. With only about “…75 percent of South Africans are black, 13 percent are white, and the rest are either mixed race or another minority, such as Indian”, there is most definitely a clear distinction that there is a minority and a dominant group. The text states that minority groups are, “…people who are singled out for unequal treatment and who regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination.” The black population of South Africa has had a history of discrimination, and apartheid started by the Dutch. Although the black population, is a majority in numbers, “ a minority group is not necessarily a numerical minority”. Which leaves the small white population, as the dominant group, characterized by the textbook as the group with, “… greater power, privileges, and social status”. Due to the apartheid, the black citizens of South Africa became nothing more than a cheap labor source. The article states that, “For generations, black workers, including nannies, gardeners and housekeepers commuted by bus or van nearly every day from Soweto and other townships to the white suburbs”. This to conflict theorist (page 354 in text) demonstrates, “ … how [the minority group] benefits those with power”. Due...