This is the first of two modules that outline the historical…

Question Answered step-by-step This is the first of two modules that outline the historical…     This is the first of two modules that outline the historical development of dominant‑minority relations in the United States. The time period in extends from colonial times to the mid‑1800s, whereas module 5 covers roughly the century before World War II. Both chapters are organized around the concepts of the level of development (agrarian vs. industrial) of the overall society and the contact situation. Module 4 examines the construction of slavery for African Americans in the context of an agrarian subsistence technology, comparing the emergence of minority group status for Black Americans with that of American Indians and Mexican Americans.      This module stresses the importance of the original contact situation in shaping minority‑dominant relations. The analysis is guided by two hypotheses, one stated by Daniel Noel and the other by Robert Blauner. Noel stresses the role of ethnocentrism, intergroup competition, and power, while Blauner focuses on the distinction between colonized or conquered minority groups and those created by immigration. The three groups covered in module 4 became minority groups as a result of competition for land, labor, or both. Minority status was imposed by the superior power of the dominant group and all three groups were conquered or colonized. These features of the contact situation continue to affect group relations today.       Jews came to America not from one county or culture but from many. The first Jews who arrived in colonial America were Sephardic Jews, who had lived for centuries in Spain and Portugal, under very different conditions from those in Germany, Russia, or eastern Europe, from later generations of Jewish America came. Culturally, these were all different groups, however much they might be pumped together by outsiders. They have not blended together to this day.   1. Explain the two themes stated at the beginning of the chapter.2. Explain the political, economic, and social forces that led to the creation of slavery in British America.3. Explain the importance of the contact situation and the relevance of the Noel and Blauner hypotheses for the development of slavery in colonial America.4.Apply the concepts of paternalism, power, inequality, discrimination, prejudice, and racism and assimilation to the American system of slavery.5. Explain the dynamics of gender relations under American slavery.6. Apply the Noel and Blauner hypotheses and other concepts to the creation of minority group status for American Indians and Mexican Americans.7. Compare and contrast the three contact situations analyzed in this chapter. How do they differ? What are the implications of these different contact situations for relations in the present? Social Science Psychology PSY PSY 11 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)