Race
... the separations of different categories of people. For example separating blacks from whites, or Baptist from Catholics. Some people may feel some hostility to a certain group of people because of what they have been exposed to, what they have seen. For example some people I know were involved in the segregation that occurred in Prince Edward County . The segregation of the school systems. They kind of shy away from certain categories of people now because of what they did. Barack Obama is the senator of Illinois. Obama fits into our lesson because he believes that everyone is equal. Obama is of mixed ethnicity ( African and American). we discuss the issue of race and ethnicity. Race is a big factor in today’s society. Racism started back when slavery was prevalent, our book discusses the patterns of interaction and it talks about four main forms. Assimilation is when a particular race of people conform to the popular culture. You don’t change your race but your ethnic background. Genocide is when you kill one group of people. A good and well known example of genocide is Adolf Hiltler and the execution of the innocent Jews. Pluralism is when different races of people share resources. An example of that would be the United States. And lastly is segregation. Segregation is t...