Minority Groups: Ethnic Minorities

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In a world where society is mostly driven by our faults, family can be a relative term that brings it all back down to earth. Since societies can be extremely divided at times, it is important to have a back bone and a community that understand your own values, customs, and practices. It has been said that “minority group” families, which in Canada or the United States, could be considered anyone who isn’t Caucasian, are less stable in form and function than families who are a part of the general societal “majority”. Throughout this essay, I would like to discuss how untrue this statement is. From racial and cultural differences, to relying on each other and to growing as a unit, it is evident that minorities can have an even stronger relationship than those from the majority.
First off, we should decide what a “minority group” is. In North America, Arabs or Muslims, African – Americans, and Indians or Sikhs and Hindus and even Asians are some of the more common minority groups you will come in contact with. Based on a study on ethnic minorities, it was found that “This study explored the impact of income status (low-income vs. non-low-income) on family functioning, social support, and quality of life in a community sample of 125 families. The sample identified themselves as 17% Black or African American, 7% Latino, 4% Asian, and 66% White.” (Mansfield, 2013) It seems as though since these minorities used to be so uncommon, that they are now the norm because of how much they have migrated, immigrated or even re-populated other countries than their own. These minority groups used to be so uncommon and misunderstood, that they have in a sense, been forced to be open and understand each other’s racial and cultural differences. When a...

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...ually have to learn to make themselves fit into a community. In Ottawa, it is obvious that the number of Mosques and Synagogues is growing rapidly.

Works Cited

Huijnk, W., Verkuyten, M., & Coenders, M. (2013). Family relations and the attitude towards ethnic minorities as close kin by marriage. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 36(11), 1890-1909.

Mansfield, A., Dealy, J., & Keitner, G. (2013). Family functioning and income: Does low-income status impact family functioning? The Family Journal, 21(3), 297-305.

Comeau, J. (2012). Race/Ethnicity and family contact: Toward a behavioral measure of familialism. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 34(2), 251-268.

Ellison, C., Wolfinger, N., & Ramos-Wada, A. (2013). Attitudes toward marriage, divorce, cohabitation, and casual sex among working-age latinos: Does religion matter? Journal of Family Issues, 34(3), 295-322.

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