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geoffrey

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What are the three conflict patterns of racial and ethnic relations in the United States? Which is most common?
 
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A society that is undergoing change by moving from stability to temporary instability and back again would be said to be in a state of ____.
 
  a. sporadic change
  b. dynamic equilibrium
  c. syntactic stability
  d. calibrated change
  e. homeostatic stability



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Answer to Question 1

The three patterns are genocide, population transfer, and subjugation. Genocide is the extermination (or attempted extermination) of a group, and population transfer involves moving the minority population to a remote or undesirable location. Subjugation is the most common conflict pattern and involves the majority population have more access to all social resources, although the minority groups live in the same general area.

Answer to Question 2

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