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vHAUNG6011

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on: Jul 10, 2018
What is a voluntary minority?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Define what is meant by the one-drop rule in racial stratification.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


sultansheikh

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

These are individuals who willingly chose to come to the United States as immigrants, while the involuntary minority includes individuals brought against their will, such as slaves.

Answer to Question 2

This is the argument that even one drop of ancestry from a particular group will cause the individual to be labeled as such. It was used in the United States and Haiti during certain historical periods.


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