what is the definition of disparity?
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Health disparities refer to gaps in the quality of health and health care across racial and ethnic groups. The Health Resources and Services Administration defines health disparities as "population-specific differences in the presence of disease, health outcomes, or access to health care."
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The Noel Hypothesis states: If two or more groups come together in a contact situation characterized by ethnocentrism, competition, and a differential in [political or military] power, then some form of racial or ethnic stratification will result. If the contact situation has all three characteristics, some dominant-minority group structure will be created.\n\nSociologist Donald Noel identifies three features of the contact situation that in combination lead to som form of inequality between [social] groups.
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the ability to detect differences in distance using stereoscopic cues that is measured by the smallest difference in the images presented to the two eyes that can be detected reliably
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By definition, prejudice may be:\n1a. An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts. \n1b. A preconceived preference or idea.\n\nAs you can see from the secondary definition, prejudice may also be a positive pre-formed judgment. Generally, one would use the term "biased toward" or "inclined toward," as "prejudice" has a negative connotation.
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~~~ znz_zan ,,,,Different god, different Religion, different place.  Yes,,, "they are trying to get to the same Place" ,,, a Place of Non-Ignorance,,, or Enlightenment.
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Equal just means that we have equal rights it doesn't mean that everyone is equal in other ways, everyone is different. We all have different wants and needs.
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I found this:\n\n"A homogeneous society is one in which the majority of the members share the same cultural beliefs, attitudes, and values, and there is little difference in the economic wealth or social distance of the members of the society."\n\nFor example, the mormons in Utah is a homogenous society.
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Depends on how you define a minority. Are you talking race, the differently abled, the homeless, etc.
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Mainstreaming in education, also known as inclusion, is the process of grouping disabled students with general education students in the classroom. In theory, this method is supposed to bring up the students at lower levels while encouraging leadership roles from the higher level students. The difficulty of defining what "mainstream" is arises from the differences that parents and their children may have for what the word means.
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It means that there is a large gap in the middle of the data set with one or a small ammount of entries being grossly larger than the majority of the set:\n   the set 1,2,3,4,30 has a mean of 8 and a median of 3\n   the set 20,22,28,32,33,34,64,68,71 has a mean of 49 and \n   a median of 33
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par·tic·i·pa·to·ry (pär-tĭs'ə-pə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) \n\nadj.\n\nMarked by, requiring, or involving participation, especially affording the opportunity for individual participation: a participatory democracy.
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The combination of qualities or features that distinguishes one person, group, or thing from another
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B/\n\nof ignorance; or feelings of inadequacy\n\nhurt feelings\n\ncultural conflict\n\nunnecessary wars
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The digital divide is the socio-economic difference between communities in their access to computers and the Internet. The term also refers to gaps between groups in their ability to use ICTs (Information and Communications Technologies) effectively, due to differing literacy and technical skills, and the gap in availability of quality, useful digital content. The divide is seen as a social/political problem. It became an issue among concerned parties, such as scholars, policy makers, and advocacy groups, in the late 1990s.\n\nBroadly speaking, the difference is not necessarily determined by the size or depth to the user, but any ICTs and media that different segments of society can use. With regard to the Internet, the simple access is only one aspect, but the quality of connection and auxiliary services, processing speed and other capabilities of the computer used, and other factors could also be part of the issue (Davison and Cotten, 2003), although one doesn't need even a personal computer to connect to the Internet (see also MSN TV, Webphone, PDA, mobile phone).
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An EGALITARIAN idea, system, person, or society is one that expresses or supports the belief that all people are equal and should have the same rights and opportunities. The words comes from the French word 'egalite' (equality).
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Gestalt principle of Proximity\n\nThings close to each other seem to belong together in a group \nProximity may be spatial \nProximity may be temporal
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An icey glacier and a streaming river, they are one in the same yet completley different. this is the complexity of your question. the answer lies in the desire to be treated equal. but how can one treat two seperate items as a single entity? a man, the powerful passive source, the woman the aggresive flowing source. different attirubutes, same essence. Equality rises from unity, not duality. Working together building off of ones strengths and leaving behind the weakness, this is the sole act of equality.