Early Contact Early contact between racial and ethnic groups is first marked with curiosity and often involves some kind of accommodation. One Group Becomes Subordinated Under certain circumstances one group becomes subordinated. Depending on the setting caste like relations will develop. They will either be paternalistic or rigid competitive. As a society modernizes, the relationships become more class like.
Fluid relations replace rigid ones.
There are fewer and fewer formal restrictions placed on minorities and social movements become larger and stronger. Generally, groups come into contact with one another when either one or both groups migrate. This occurs when one group migrates into and area and conquers and subordinates the indigenous group. This is when one group expands into an area and takes over control of the area that is formerly under the control of another group. This can be colonial in nature where one society conquers another or the annexation can be voluntary.