Race and ethnic relations exam 2

Noel Hypothesis: ethnocentrism, competition, differential in power —> ethnic stratification

Blauner Hypothesis:

conflict theory for explaining slavery

Group Threat model:

minority size inc —> competition —> threat discourse

Dred Scott Decision:

African Americans had no rights which whites were bound to respect

Civil rights act: Black people are citizens with equal civil rights

14th ammendment: pursuit of happiness

5 Components of slavery: for life, inherited status, chattel, denied rights, coercion

Plessy vs Ferguson: ruled separate can be equal

Brooker T Washington: Functionalist, Accommodationist

Web Du Bois: Conflict, NAACP, talented 10th, Education

Brown vs Board: 14th ammendment made segregation unconstitutional

marcus Gravey: wanted AA to renounce American citizenship

MLK: conflict

Civil rights act 1964: banned discrimination

4 factors of CR movement success: changing environment, dominant values, support from other groups, influence of mass media

What prevents another movement: no clear cut enemy, class structure differentiated, institutional stength of the Black community

Malcom X: anti-assimilationist, Black empowerment

Culture of poverty: groups persist because their norms are incompatable with success

Ethnic resource model: cultural strengths have protected the Black family

Cultural Assimilation for AA: most culturally assimilated group

Secondary structural assimilation AA: wealth inequality

Marital AA: less common

Primary Assim AA: changing