CHLS Keyword Log 3

2 main examples of black segregation

black codes - existed before and after civil war, restricted black freedom

Jim Crow - after reformation

middle passage

the journey from Africa to americas, bringing slaves for labor

2 main examples of black segregation

black codes - existed before and after civil war, restricted black freedom

Jim Crow - after reformation

middle passage

the journey from Africa to americas, bringing slaves for labor

PTSS

post traumatic slave syndrome

amount of Africans Brought to the US

by 1800, 10-15 million

prison industrial complex

used to describe the american prison system, operated for profit

13th amedment

165, abolished slavery an involuntary servitude after the civil war except as punishment for crime

2 key figures of black panther party

assasta shakur: part of black liberation party, joined the BPP

Angela davis: member of the BPP, wrote several books on intersectionality

different ideologies between Malcolm X and MLK jr

Malcolm x: black nationalism, self defense over non violent resistance, self determination, human rights

MLK: civil rights via passing legislation and peaceful protest, non militant

Black panther party

Marxist-leninist, militant, community based organization that called for self determination, education, government aid, reparations

Leaders in BPP

Huey Newton - murdered by police while sleeping next to his pregnant wife, founder of bpp

bobby seale - another founder of BPP

fred Hampton - Marxist Leninist, murdered by Chicago police and fbi

3 gains/accomplishments made by civil rights and black power movements

brown v board of education 1954: officially overruled Plessy v ferguson’s “separate but equal” doctrine

civil rights act 1964: outlawed segregation and discrimination on account of race, color, religion, or national origin

voting rights act 1965: prohibited states from enacting legislation that would inhibit people from voting based on race or color

women leaders in BPP

Kathleen cleaver, Angela Davis, elanie brown (only woman to chair bpp for a time), assasta shakur

COINTELPRO

counter-intelligence program to investigate and disruptt radical political organizations and leaders

rise of prisoners related to policies

3 strikes you’re out - commit 3 felonies and you can be put away in prison for life, could be strikes for very petty crimes

1994 crime bill - more $ to law enforcement, built prisons, more police officers. bill Clinton built the infrastructure we see today, militarization of police

different asian countries

China, Japan, N/S Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam

difference in asian cultures

Chinese, filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Cambodian, laotia, Hmong, thai

ignorance of chicanx/latinx communities in using blanket terms for asian communities

“Chino” - Chinese, used for all asian communities

model minority

asian communities “fit the script” in order to become a model american

3 key times where Asian Americans faced discrimination

Chinese exclusion act - 1882, human embargo on Chinese laborers

immigration law 1924 - denied entry to specifically Japanese

internment WWII - 110,000 Japanese placed in internment camps

TWLF

third world liberation front - organized to advocate for ethnic studies on college campuses

2 asian american activists

Larry itliong - filipino, UFW california grape boycott

Grace Lee Boggs - Chinese

2 asian american artists

ruby ibarra

rocky rivera - both Filipina, rappers/artists

multiple oppression

race, class, gender, sexuality, immigration, language, religion, nationality, etc

combahee river collective statement

black, feminist, socialist, lesbian collective that argued about multiplicity of oppressions - called for intersectionality

misogyny

hatred, or contempt of, women

feminism

a movement that includes women and men who wish to see a world where discrimination based on gender and the idea that men are superior to women is abolished. intersectionality, end to ALL OPPRESSION

3 historical waves of feminism

1st wave - 1800s-1920s, suffrage

2nd 1960s-1990s, sexual and reproductive rights, access to education, ERA, birth control and abortion

3rd wave 1990s-present, recognition of different racial experiences, embracing transgender and sexuality

biological sex

refers to the physiological and anatomical characteristics of maleness or femaleness with which one person is born

gender identity

ones psychological sense of oneself as a male, female, trans, etc.

gender role

socially constructed and culturally specific behavior and expectations for women or men and are based on heteronormativity

gender expression

the behavior/physical appearance that a person utilizes in order to express their own gender, may or may not b consistent with socially constructed gender roles

patriarchy

sociopolitical system where men dominate and maleness is privileged, intellects with racism, classism, homophobia, transphobia, etc.

intersectionality

how things like race, class, and gender can be subjects of oppression by societies and institutions and the subjugation of one exacerbates another

institutional racism

racism ingrained in legislation

deficit thinking

notion that students of low income ethnic minorities then have internal deficits that thwart the learning process

experiential knowledge

knowledge through experience based on what you’ve seen as a result of class, gender, race, etc.

critical race theory

study of how race and racism work with and through gender, class, ethnicity, sexuality, etc. through systems of power

6 cultural wealths

aspirational capital

linguistic capital

familial capital

social capital

navigational capital

resistant capital

5 tenets of CRT

centrality and intersectionality of race/racism

challenge to dominant ideology

commitment to social justice

centrality of experiential knowledge

interdisciplinary perspective