Ethnic groups are the humans who share identical identities globally. They may have the same language or culture and identify themselves as one group. In some countries, some are segregated depending on the kind of ethnic group they originate from. Though people may claim to be dependent, they mostly depend on the ethnic groups in which they belong which mostly dictate their lives. This paper thus seeks to compare the ethnic groups of South Africa and Brazil to Canada, comparing them to the issues in the United States (Marger, 2008).
In South Africa, segregation has always existed based on race. For instance, the blacks were known as inferior and were not permitted to attend “white” schools and voting because of their color by the blacks. In Brazil however, there was isolation based on three groups where one were a people of color, white and blacks. Only the whites were advantaged by receiving the best fields and other possessions. The other groups found themselves in poverty because they could not access such privileges (Bookman, 2002).
In Canada there exist people with a mixed background, whites and blacks. It is similar to the Brazilian segregation because only the whites had advantage over the rest. They were considered superior, and just like the South Africans, had divisions based on class. The whites were rich and regarded as high class, followed by the colored and then the blacks. Though the segregation in South Africa was outright and even the blacks could not vote, in Canada it was different because such privileges as voting were permitted to them.
In America, though ethnic groups have been segregated through racial grounds just like in South Africa. They however segregate the Muslims because they are believed to be responsible for the bombings that occurred in the country. Due to this, any Arabs are denied access into the country and are thoroughly scrutinized before they come into the country. In South Africa though, the ethnic isolations were sorted out through laws that made both the whites and blacks equal. Currently, the blacks are allowed to vote and there children visit any schools. It is thus a good model which shows that though such discriminations are inevitable, they were sorted out so that people live as one (Bookman, 2002).
Reference
Bookman, M. (2002). Ethnic groups in motion: economic competition and migration in multiethnic states. New York: Routledge.
Marger, M. (2008). Race and Ethnic Relations: American and Global Perspectives. New York: Cengage Learning.
