... Caucasian Protestant majority. During the 19th and 20th century several key minority groups faced discriminatory action by the general populace. Starting with the policies of attempting to assimilate the Native American populace and eradicating their culture, the controlling society would also during the late 1800s embark on social programs that were both of isolationism and the creation of caste systems for ... assimilation of both ethnic and religious cultures that differ from the mainstream Eurocentric society. Park's ideas of social control while in essence still have validity, may ...

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