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Conflict Theory on Race and Ethnicity

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Conflict theorists read racial history as struggle, in which a dominant group defends its position whenever it perceives a threat from a subordinate one.

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Jim Crow laws tightened after the Civil War, precisely when Black political power had begun to rise.

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The claim concerns group position, and it does not require that any individual intend to defend it.