Ethnic and racial group conflicts are especially intense when they coincide with class divisions and patterns of inequality. Please provide an example of this.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. For example, minority-group members in Canada, South Africa, and Northern Ireland command lower shares of wealth and political power, and have worse jobs, poorer housing, and lower levels of education. When a conflict arises in these societies, whether the problem is one of economics, politics, or a dominant-minority issue, the same groups face each other across the lines of division. The greater the extent to which issues and lines of fracture coincide and reinforce each other, the greater the threat to society as a whole and the more difficult it will be to manage the conflict and avoid escalation to its extremes.
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