The three ultimate goals are the assimilation strategies, accomodation strategies, and the separation strategies. I believe the best pattern of all the strategies would be the assertive accommodation strategy. I believe it's important to balance the communication between co-cultural and dominant groups of people while also communicating self, educating others, and doing intragroup networking. It’s important for all members of the work force to feel comfortable speaking freely and openly about themselves as well as speaking up if they feel unsure of something. More education is not enough to end discrimination and prejudice because school is not the only place where these behaviors may be learned or picked up at. There are many other places …show more content…
The differences in the majority identity development is the stages are a bit different. The first stage for the majority identity development is unexamined identity- individuals may be aware of some physical and cultural differences, but they do not fear the other or think much about their own identity. The next is acceptance- it represents the internalization, conscious or unconscious, of a racist (or biased) ideology. After that, comes resistance- it involves a move from blaming minority members for their condition to naming and blaming their own dominant group as a source of problems. Next, comes redefinition- when people begin to refocus or redirect their energy toward redefining their identity in a way that recognizes their privilege and works to eliminate oppression and inequalities. Finally the last stage is integration - majority group individuals are now able to internalize their increased consciousness and integrate their majority identities into all other facets of their identity. The differences between these stages are that the minority group are the ones facing the oppression, discrimination, and have to “conform”, while the majority group does not deal with such issues rather deals with having to unlearn these misconceptions and labels about certain groups of people. The identity development of a multicultural/ biracial person differs from these two models because they tend to feel as if they do not fit in anywhere, where children from both minority and