What is ethnic favoritism?

Answer 1

Ethnic favoritism is when the members of one particular ethnic group are favored over the members of other ethnic groups in how government or other large organizations treat them. One historical example of ethnic favoritism is the treatment of ethnic Russians in the former Soviet Union. Ethnic Russians were able to settle in regions where a majority of the population were not Russian, yet the Russian language was the primary language. In the Soviet army, Ethnic Russians, Ukrainians, and members of other western ethnic groups were the majority in the technical and front-line tasks, while the Asian ethnic groups were relegated to support and construction functions. Another example is the treatment of whites and blacks in Apartheid South Africa, where the whites had more government services, better housing, better education, etc., than the blacks.