In Spite of Intense Pressures to Conform to White Folkways

question 156

Essay

In spite of intense pressures to conform to white folkways, many Latino, Asian, and Native Americans have actively resisted the racial hostility and discrimination that oppresses them. Compare and contrast the resistance strategies of the three groups.

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Definitions:

Foraging Peoples

Societies or communities that rely on the collection of wild plants and the hunting of animals as their primary means of subsistence.

Residence Pattern

A rephrased definition for 'Residence Patterns': The customary spatial arrangements for households or communities, influenced by social, legal, and economic factors, determining where people reside within a society.

Residence Pattern

the system by which a society structures where people live, often based on kinship, marital, or cultural norms.

Husband's Mother's Brother

An individual's uncle by marriage on their spouse's side, often playing specific roles in kinship and family structures in various cultures.