Conflict occurs when one group seeks to institute techniques to establish and perpetuate a position of superiority. Accommodation refers to the process which occurs when two or more groups are able arrive at mutually agree able settlements relating to specific issues in contentionwill be developed between them. Assimilation refers to the process through which the identities of seperate groups merge into a single group. Segregation is a process by which one or more groups are isolated from another group. Annihilation is a situation where one group attempts to wipe out the other group.
Partition is a process which occurs when a dominant group physically isolates the subordinate group.
Paternalism is a social system which operates by the dominant racial or ethnic group using the minority group to achieve its ends under the supposition that the minority group requires the guidance and help of the superior dominant group. Pluralism is a social system in which different ethnic and racial groups exist side by side and maintain seperate cultures without developing positions of subordination. Discrimination is the unequal and usually unfavorable treatment of individuals of one group by individuals of another group.