Group Rights

INTRODUCTION

Minority is a word describing a group representing a population smaller than the State . They are people of distinct culture , religion , language and ethnicity from the norms of the Society . Any group resembling the stated characteristics is a Minority . This clearly emphasizes the rebuttal of Human Rights to people who are not living within the standards of the society . Group Rights or Minority Rights , in a popular manner , speaks of the Ethnic discrimination to some and a due right to others . Moreover , a conflict begins when an individual claims of

his /her minority group and yet , the State does not recognize a Minority . The group rights tend to protect a certain group and reflects the other laws excluded on their existence , which for many individuals is a direct discrimination . Primarily , rights are powers to act in accordance with the existing system having values and principles approved by the society . It is a claim or title , whether legal descriptive and moral (Sutton , 2001 . The controversy exists regarding group rights on the term called Multiculturalism . This kind of group right often pertains to a member of an ethnic or religious group Scholars perceive this kind of group right as a barrier to the actions that most ethnic groups have before there was civilization ' It is a form of oppression because the majority opposes those traditional beliefs and pursues the so-called equality ' to such people . Group rights exist to discriminate , oppose and eliminate the traditional acts for the satisfaction of the majority

MULTICULTURALISM

Multiculturalism is the opinion that all cultures , from tribesmen and modern civilization , to be equal . However , equality does not address the century old problem because of diverse conditions . Thus multiculturalism confers with egalitarianism . The objective of multiculturalism is to obliterate the value of free , industrialized civilization , by declaring such civilization no better than the primitive tribalism . It wants to incapacitate the mind 's ability to differentiate good from evil , to differentiate life promoting to what life is negating . Some oppose this principle because they reason out that everyone has a right to moral judgment . The ideas and culture of a specific community should have recognition and respect

ISSUES ON MULTICULTURALISM

Many question how the individuals would respect such minority rights if the problem remains on cultural differences . The argument of the multiculturalists ' defenders is that all cultures are equal and some factors coming from this culture are superior to the universal values Some fruits of Enlightenment and egalitarian movements root from the cultural proponents . Colorful ethnic attire and interesting cuisine may seem interesting and attractive . Nevertheless , with the reality of women and children 's oppression worldwide , multiculturalism is increasingly a policy to maintain that oppression (Kamguian , 2005 . The crimes against women become the celebration of traditional cultures and religions with the ignorance on it disadvantages . Governments of Western foundation utilized the policy of multiculturalism in the past , which encourage and uphold the demands for group rights coming from native populations ethnic minorities or religious groups . However , these cultures...