Unit 2

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Caste

divide based on wealth, rank, privilege, or race

Citizenship

legal stat.+regulation between an individual and a state, has specific rights and duties

Civil rights

automatically get, cant be taken away, equally distributed, protected from discrimination

Civil Liberties

individual freedoms protected from government interference

Colonization

foreign power control over territory, significant changes socially, economically, culturally

coloniality

keeping the idea of colonization alive

Imperialism

dominance of one county over another thru force

Democratization

political system more democratic, increased participation & representation

Discrimination

unequal treatment of a person / group from others because of their class (ex. race)

Federal Recognition

formalizing government to government relationship between U.S and Indian tribe

Genocide

system of killing an entire ethnic community

Humanize / Dehumanize

represent something / someone as human ( Dehumanize opposite)

Indigeneity

fact, state, or experience of being indigenous

Institutional discrimination

discriminatory treatment toward person / group by institutions, unequal consideration

Jim Crow

laws purposefully segregating people; after reconstruction era; cont. to late 1960’s, former confederates used this to limit black southerners liberties

Manifest Destiny

God’s will to extend empire from Atlantic to Pacific

Mestizo

mixed race society

migration / immigration

permanent move into new location w/in country or out (immigration is moving IN)

Naturalization

course of action taken to become citizen of country other than country born in

Prejudice

irrational hostility directed against group / individual or their characteristics

Racism

belief race determinant of human traits, capacities. produce inheritant superiority of specific race

Refugees

ppl forced to flee their country b/c war, ethic, tribal + religious violence, natural disasters

Repatriate

return something / someone back to homeland, country, or orgin

sovereignty

supreme power, especially political, no external control

Suffrage

right to vote

“PASS”

cover YOUR racial identity / ethnicity to be accepted from another racial / ethnic group - mainly white

“The Other”

minority groups less powerful in society ; “different”

who are the indigenous people in and around our community

indigenous: people/communities native to specific areas before colonization

includes: a boy named Ishi (Yahi tribe), 500 distinct tribes, all have suffered through colonization, but made it through

how has colonization and migration affected the population of California and beyond

Chinese migration due to the gold rush made the population rise, causing the California population to rise by a lot. Then because of the exclusion act and putting the Chinese into enclaves the Chinese population went down causing the whole population of California to go down as well.

During European colonization many native Americans were put into missions, and many died within those missions, so the native American population depleted drastically, affecting the whole population of California, since a lot of the California population consisted of Native Americans/indigenous people.

how have changing laws and understanding of citizenship affected immigrant communities in and beyond California

The Chinese Exclusion Act was a law that restricted Chinese immigrants to come to the United States and California. This made the Chinese that immigrated here before this go into ethnic enclaves (ex. Chinatown) that were made just for Chinese immigrants, which then became an immigrant community for the Chinese.

The Chinese were also not allowed citizenship, due to this act and then the Chinese forced themselves into small immigrant communities to isolate themselves.

when discussing colonization/imperialism who is harmed, who benefits

the territory that is getting taken control of will most likely experience genocide, and many changes socially, economically, and culturally. the country that is dominating will benefit because they will expand their territory, have more resources, project military power, be able to compete with neighbors, and in the market.

Explain the relationship between migration, citizenship, democratization, civil liberties & the idea of “the other”

Migration is the permanent move into a new location, when you move into a new location, you need to retain citizenship. The more people who migrate and the more citizens you have, your political system can be more democratic, and have more participation and representation. When these migrants have citizenship, they will also have civil liberties, which means the government cannot interfere with their freedom, meaning they can freely participate in the political system. Certain groups of migrants known as “the other,” are less powerful in society might get citizenship if they are able to qualify for it, and have civil liberties, but they might not want to participate in the political system because people treat “the other” differently including the government, so democratization might not be so popular for them.

Compare impacts of migration, & different types of migration, in different areas, in California and beyond

migration can impact the population of a certain area, and different types include immigration, emigration, voluntary, internal, guest worker, forced, refugees, internally displaced persons, and an asylum seeker. In mexico for example, they have the largest number of emigrants, who are mostly living in the United States. During the gold rush, many people rushed to California, and there were many immigrants coming into our state, which made our population climb up by a lot. All of these different types of migration will impact any place receiving these migrants, negative or positive.

Explain how “otherness” and discrimination can affect suffrage, belonging, and citizenship.

the idea of “otherness” will cause people to look at these people differently. for example, people of color is an example of “otherness” not too long ago. these “others” were giving a hard time when they wanted to vote. people did not want these people to vote, so they would make voting hard for them by making them pass a test, or paying money to vote. the whites did not have to do any of that, but because of the idea of “otherness” and discrimination, they were forced to be different and go through a process, just to vote. “otherness” also affects belonging because it will be hard for these people to fit in because everyone looks at them in a very specific way, and it changes the way people treat them. for example the Chinese were looked at as workers that they could pay less for and take advantage of. “the other” also has a hard time getting citizenship because people don’t want them in their country, and will make it harder for them to retain citizenship. discrimination and the fact of being “the other” will affect how people look at them, and how they will treat them compared to how they will treat someone else.