Minority Culture

Minority Culture

These days there are a lot of people from different cultures living in

the same community in areas all around England. In some cases there is

a larger group of people from one culture than the people from other

cultures. This leads to the expression 'Minority Culture', which

basically means a culture of which there is a minority. In this essay

I will be talking about the problems faced by minority cultures in

being an integral part of society.

Minority cultures are faced with many difficulties in becoming an

integral part of society. Some of the main difficulties faced by

minority cultures are racism, stereotypes, customs and traditions,

clashes of loyalty and discrimination.

Racism:

In a lot of places, you get people who are prejudice against minority

people because of their race or colour. It is human nature that we

fear things that we are not familiar with, so we want to get rid of

it. When people see a person who is different in colour they tend to

think that they are superior to them so they want those people to

leave. In the media industry, instead of helping to break down the

barriers, they put the barriers higher up. Racism can be found

anywhere, ranging from the streets to places of work in well-known

businesses; for example, racial discrimination in the workplace is

identified in three main ways:

* Direct discrimination

When a person is treated less favourably than others on the grounds of

race.

* Indirect discrimination

When members of one racial group find it more difficult to comply with

a work requirement than members of other groups.

Uniforms that take no account of cultural or religious needs would

fall into this category.

* Victimisation

When a person is treated less favourably than others because they have

complained of racial abuse, and are then passed over for promotion.

Despite the law, complaints of racism in the workplace are still made.