Ethnic Studies - Unit 1

What is Ethnic Studies - why study it? When and why did it come about?

Ethnic Studies is a subject that highlights minority groups. You study it so you get a more diverse history of different racial groups that are usually left out. It started in 1969 when people protested at UC Berkeley.

Anti Miscegenation Laws

Racist laws that banned the act of interracial marriage and relationship.

BIPOC

Black (slavery) Indigenous (genocide) People of Color

Citizenship

equal and fair treatment within a society, how they view you as and treat you

Class

Socio- economic standings

Culture

Beliefs, religion, language, practice that are all shared among a group of people

Ethnicity

The country you claim

Hispanic vs Latino

Not all Hispanics are Latinos. Their ethnicity is shared, but their race is different.

Identity

Understanding of who you are and how they’re connected to a group.

Intersectionality

You can belong to more than one group at the same time (Black, Female, Middle Class)

Loving V Virginia

Black and white couple got married in D.C and then when they moved back to Virginia they banned different races getting married, but then the Supreme Court said that those laws were violating the 14th amendment eventually making it so it was no longer illegal.

Minority

Fewer rights, smaller numbers, and less power in society.

Mixed Race

Belong to multiple identities at one time and doesn’t just have to choose one.

People of Color

Anyone other than white

Race

Skin color, hair type how society sees you

Race v ethnicity

Race is how people see you while ethnicity is where you come from the country you claim

Social construct

Social means race (physical)

Construct means ethnicity (cultural)

Social Identity Groups

Group of people where a trait or experience affects how their treated in society like ( race, ethnicity gender)

TWLF - What did they want? Methods used? Changes Made

Minority education in higher education protests “Revolution has come”. Started an ethnic studies department that highlighted minority groups