Develop an essay arguing how conflict can develop within social movements as a result of the involvement of the dominant majority in movements for marginalized minority groups. Include in your essay your own opinion about whether minority social movements should include members of the dominant majority.

Racial Inequality and Social Change

Review Chapter 10, “Race and Ethnicity,” in your textbook, Experience Sociology, Fourth Edition. Also review Chapter 17, “Social Change: Globalization, Population, and Social Movements.”

Develop an essay arguing how conflict can develop within social movements as a result of the involvement of the dominant majority in movements for marginalized minority groups. Include in your essay your own opinion about whether minority social movements should include members of the dominant majority.

Your essay must include the following:

A logical argument based on the readings, your own personal experience, and/or the experiences of others

A clearly stated opinion about whether social movements involving minorities should include members of the dominant majority

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