Describe power-threat theory as set out by Blalock

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: [key points to be made]
*Race and national origin as important as wealth & class in making & enforcing law
*Groups in power threatened when they perceive or learn minority population percentages are increasing
*Three reactions: restricting rights of minority groups, increasing forms of symbolic segregation, and creating a threat-oriented ideological system
*Pressure to discriminate against minorities as a reaction to the threat of them gaining any power.
*Examples may include redistricting voting areas, voting restrictions, disenfranchisement, and immigration controls

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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