Exam 3 - Unit 9 Race and Ethnicity

ethnic group

share the same cultural heritage

race

a group of people perceived to be distinct on the basis of physical appearance

race is recognized as

This racial group has difficulty when dealing with race and ethnicity

Hispanic

Susie Guillory Phipps

couldnt leave the state because her great great great great grandmother was an enslaved black woman —> One Drop Rule

Prejudice

irritational feelings toward members of a particular group

discrimination

unfair treatment of groups of people

prejudice leads to

discrimination

prejudice stems from

stereotypes

Racism

belief in the superiority of one or more groups that creates and maintains a racial hierarchy

Institutional discrimination

The policies and practices of instituions that favor some groups at the expense of others

Intent does not have to be there for this to occur

Hayes Tilden Compromise of 1877

The compromise whereby Hayes ould become president. was reached provided that federal troops withdrawn from the former confederacy and that whites were conce again able to dominate political power. After this, Jim Crow laws began to be established in the South

Gentlemens Aggreement of 1907

Halted Japanese immigration

Push factors

negative factors in home country

Pull factors

postive factors in alternative country

Contact (4 step assimilation process by Robert Pork)

when groups meet

Conflict (4 step assimilation process by Robert Pork)

when groups compete for goods and power

Accommodation(4 step assimilation process by Robert Pork)

one group estabishes democracy

Assimilation (4 step assimilation process by Robert Pork)

The minority groups embrace the ways of the dominant group

What did WEB Du Bois reject because it did not include African Americans

4 step assimilation process by Robert Pork

Internal colonialism

results from one ethnic group or racial group subordinating and exploiting the resources of other racial and ethnic groups

ethnocentrism

the belief that ones culture is superior to others

internal - Durkheim

based on peoples natural abilites

external - Durkheim

those forced upon people

If there is external inequality

insitutions are not functioning properly

color blind ideology

a view of viewing race that maintains that if we ignore race and racial issues racism will not exist

racism evasiveness

ignoring issues of racism

Abstract liberalism (color-blind ideology)

agreeing that everyone should have equal rights but opposing policies that will help achieve equality

minimization (color-blind ideology)

believing that race doesnt matter anymore and that racism is no longer a problem

naturalization (color-blind ideology)

mainting that racist practices like segregation and opposition to interracial marriage are simply natural and part of human nature rather than based on racism

culturalization (color-blind ideology)

arguing that it is their inferier culture that has hurt Black people rather than racism

Percent of non hispanic white households that have 0 or negative wealth

8.3%

percent of non hispanic black households that have 0 or negative wealth

25%

percent of hispanic households that have 0 or negative wealth

30%

First most segregated city

Milwakee

Second most segregated city

New York

Clustering

areas join spatially; minimized when racial minority areas are scattered in a checkered board pattern

centeralization

degree to which racial minority members live in an urban core

concentration

relative amount of space occupied; racial minorities often in smaller, geographically compacted areas

barriers to spacial mobility are

barriers to social mobility

A racially segregated society cannot be

colorblind

Shaker Heights Ohio did what to help reduce segregation and racial oppression

explicit commitment to racial dialogue, institutional levers to incentivize integration, Yes-And-And-And polices

Johnson Reed Act of 1924

established quota system

Immigration and nationality act of 1965

abolished quotas

Racialization

attributing physical and cultural characteristics to a group that over time lead to real world consequences like discrimination and stereotyping