Sunday, September 25, 2011

Minority Groups with Power

In class we named several groups that were minorities, but somehow acquired power. Wikipedia gave several examples of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominant_minority

Another website gave an odd example :
"Trade Unions for specific professions have had disproportionate effect for example through in crippling strikes. Some companies have countered by closing down and then restarting as a non-union employer"
I don't agree how trade unions would be a minority. I thought most people employed by the company would be in the union, therefore qualifying them as a majority?

http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/minority_influence.htm

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