Laura Kalinowski Post 3

I thought that the discussion we had in class today was very interesting especially when we talked about how being a minority group isn’t always judged on population size. Many people today believe that being a minority group means that you have a smaller population size than the dominant group. I learned today that that’s not necessarily the case, and that there are other factors that determine which groups are minority and which are dominant. In some cases, the minority groups may have a larger population than the dominant group, but they’re still considered the subordinate group because of their role in society. In actuality, dominant groups are the ones that have the political authority, economic production, and set the cultural standards, not the largest population. These other factors are the reasons for the separation between the dominant and subordinate groups in a society. I feel that many people today still don't understand this concept because I have heard people saying that they can't wait until one of the minority groups has a bigger population than the caucasian Americans group because then they can be treated like the minority groups have been in the past. They have the idea that minority groups are treated based on how big the population is of their group (Hispanics are a minority group because they have a smaller population, but once their population size surpasses the white population in America, they will become the dominant group.)