Applying the concepts of power, minority and interest group

  1. Applying the concepts of power, minority and interest group explain the difficulties faced by these sanitation workers.
  2. What is/are the main conflict(s) and also the sources of conflict(s) in this article. What historical perspective led to the issues of conflict that you have discussed?
  3. To promote a sense of empowerment in these men which theories would you use? Explain how would these theories help in reaching your goal of empowering these men?
  4. Applying the concepts of structural barrier, powerlessness, social stratification, and oppression explain how they influenced these sanitation workers situation?
  5. Do the concept of minority and majority groups, prejudice, and discrimination help in our understanding of the conflict experienced?
  6. How were institutional discrimination, ethnocentrism, and racism at play in the conflicts presented in the article?
  7. In your opinion how much discrimination exists today? If so, what types of people are discriminated against and why are they discriminated against?