Question 1
Income level, education and religion are three aspects that are closely related, since they are some of the basic tenets that define a person’s social circles. For example, they are some of the main tenets upon which one’s social rank is founded, and in this case, they determine the interrelationship to be established between two persons. It is necessary to note the fact that the minority groups, especially in the United States, have been working hard to gain recognition in a number of fields. The amount of income, education and the religion that one professes are some of the aspects that determine one’s ranks in the society. The American society has not based social recognition on one’s conformity to any given religion, but how strongly one is ready to defend their religion and remain successful amidst people’s conformity or disregard to the religion (Schaefer, 2011).
On the other hand, one’s income level has been a major tenet upon which people’s lives are socially ranked. The higher the income level, the higher the class, since more income leads to higher societal influence. This is the same case that applies with education, whereby, the higher one’s education status is, the more respect he gains from the society. However, one of the most essential things to note is the fact that religion and ethnic backgrounds are some of the main tenets that contribute to one’s identity, especially, acceptability in the society through various ways. For instance, one’s ethnic background leads to automatic acceptance or discrimination, based on its popularity and the relation given to it, such as socio-economic activities, criminal activities and other contributions, positive or otherwise, that have been found to trend a lot across the ethnic group.
Lastly, the Amish have been described as and considered to be a secessionist minority since they are considered to have withdrawn from the mainstream groups based on their differences. For instance, even with the fact that the group has focused on maintaining its culture, traditions and values as opposed to the assimilation into the American culture (Americanization), the group still maintains its Jewish traditional practices, such as worship and the types of foods that they eat. As a result, they have been regarded to as the secessionist minority (Marger, 2009).
Question 2
There has been a lot of resistance by the Indians against the white dominion, and most of these cases were based on culture assimilation, as well as acquisition of the Indians’ land and places of settlement. The Indian community sought to maintain their initial ways of life, which in this case, includes aspects such as cultural practices, tradition, values, as well as other aspects such as their interaction with nature and the right to their areas of settlement. One of these resistances between the Indian community and the white domination, for example, includes the Sioux resistance, which was experienced in the early 1800. The conflict began in the year 1854, whereby the American soldiers were attempting to take away the Sioux community from their areas of settlement in both North America and Canada. At the same time, the other major factor that led to this outbreak is the fact that the traders were not willing to cooperate with the community, especially, in the distribution of their food supplies. This led to the death of many Sioux people, as well as the American militia. By the end of the way in 1868, the survivors were moved to the Missouri River region, where they live to date. However, the conflict was resolved, with the Colorado Volunteers offering to provide a mediation platform for the aggrieved parties, and a decision was reached, whereby the Sioux community was moved to the reserve region. The community resides in the region to date, whereby, they have been provided with quality health, infrastructure, education development and other necessary amenities (Marger, 2009).
References
Marger, M. (2009). Race and ethnic relations: American and global perspective. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, p. 46-47.
Schaefer, R., T. (2011). Race and Ethnic Groups, 13th edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, p. 89.
