Kenyan Societies V. Americans Societies

Kenyan Societies V. Americans Societies
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Introduction
Thesis statement
The main purpose of this research is to find out the treatment of minority groups in different countries. To find out whether any form of discrimination in these ethnic groups exists and whether it is the same as that in United States. The research gives suggestions on what to do to avoid these kind of discrimination and stratification if they east.
Describe the selected country's society, focusing on ethnic groups, stratification, and conflict.
Kenya is a country found in Africa; its capital city is Nairobi. Kenya boarders Tanzania to the south, Indian Ocean to the southeast, Uganda to the west, Somalia to the north east and Ethiopia to the north. Kenya had a population of 45 million people as at June 2014. Kenya is a multi-ethnic state with over 60 different ethnic groups; the primary inhibitors of Kenya are the Bantu and Nilotic. They consist of the majority people in Kenya. Another minority group called the Cushitic also settled in Kenya after the Nilotic and the Bantu.
Kenya has a wide diverse population of people that includes most major ethnicities, racial and other linguistics found in Africa. The majority of the population in Kenya belongs to bantu which is consist many of sub groups, the Nilotic comes second with also a number of many sub groups communities. The Cushitic people in Kenya account for less than 5%; the group has sub groups with the majority being the Kenya Somalis and the Oromo. Due to many languages spoken in Kenya, the country made Swahili and English the official languages for better communication. All ethnicities in Kenya speak Swahili has a second language. Swahili language is a compulsory subject ion primary schools and with English as second best. Both languages are compulsory in all learning institutions in Kenya.
The country among the top countries in the world with many individual languages spoken. There are 68 languages spoken in Kenya. The kikuyus are the largest ethnic group in Kenya, they make more than a fifth of the total population in Kenya. They are a subgroup of the Bantu and speak kikuyu language. According to the population census of 2009, the kikuyus were about 6,620,000 people in Kenya. This represents 17% of the total population of Kenyans. The numbers of kikuyu kept increasing and by 2014 June there were 9,902,212 kikuyus in Kenya comprising of 22% of the total population CITATION Osb14 \l 1033 (Osborne, 2014).
The ethnic groups in Kenya are arranged according to numbers and superiority. Overall the Bantu followed by the Nilotic and finally the Nilotic. Under these groups, there are other sub groups. The Bantu consists of kikuyus, Kambas, Luyhas, Embus, Kisiis and other minor sub groups. The Nilotic group involves tribes living in the Nile valley and some other parts in central Africa and east Africa. They have the following sub groups, Luo, Kalenjin, Maasai and many other minor tribes. In Kenya, the Nilotic are sub divided into plain Nilotes, river lake Nilotes and the highland Nilotes. There are other minor residents of Kenya such as the Arabs, Indians and the whites from Europe and Ame...