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Ethn 1100
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12/12/2011

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Term
Strategy of Argumentation
Definition
1.)Myths vs Realities
2.)Misunderstandings of the self and others
3.)Immigration & Natural Identity
4.)Human Rights => Civil Rights

Term
Legal Principles of Immigration
(Civil War Amendments)
Definition
13th, 14th, & 15th
Term
Amendments
Definition
13th-1865 abolishes slavery
14th-"equal protection clause" ratified in 1868 citizenship expanded by separation from race
15th-citizenship cannot be defined w/race, ethnicity, etc.
Term
Language & immigration
Definition
*illegal aliens, undocumented workers
*stereotypes
Term
Stereotypes
Definition
lay generalizations of individuals or groups in a society that could be true
Term
Economics of Immigration
Definition
*Maquiladores
*Global Economy
*High profit, low wage system
Term
Maquiladores
Definition
factories that are foreign owned on the Mexican border in Mexico
Term
Global Economy
Definition
free trade
Term
High Profit Low Wage System
Definition
Wages low + prices ^ = profits ^
Term
Nov. '09 AD
Definition
1.4 million active duty
Term
Nov. '09 FBI
Definition
+ 114,000 Foreign Born Individuals
Term
Immigration Policy Center
Definition
+ 53,000
Term
Causes of Immigration
Definition
*Push
*Pull
*Demand
Term
Push
Definition
poverty, persecution, dictatorships
Term
Pull
Definition
corporate globalization, economic opportunity
Term
Demand
Definition
birth rates
Term
Circular Migration
Definition
moving to different country for short period of time, then moving back
Term
Chain Migration
Definition
building chains of people to another country but don't come back
Term
Reasons of Immigration
Definition
1.)economic advancement
2.)reconnect w/family
Term
Militarization
Definition
INS => ICE (Border Patrol)
Term
INS Budget 1993
Definition
$400 million
Term
INS Budget 1994
Definition
$1.1 Billion
Term
INS Budget 1998
Definition
$3.8 Billion
Term
NAFTA (1994) Zapatistas
Definition
Operation Gatekeeper
Term
NAFTA cont'd.
Definition
Proposition 187 "SOS" Save Our State Initiative (overthrown ruled unconstitutional)
Term
Xenophobia
Definition
unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners
Term
1920-1933
Definition
Prohibition & Border Patrol
Term
1882
Definition
Chinese Exclusion Act
Transcontinental Railroad
Term
1942-1964
Definition
Bracero Program
Term
INS/ICE cont'd.
1994
Definition
4,200 agents
Term
INS/ICE cont'd.
2000
Definition
9,212 agents
Term
Trade between Mexico & the U.S.
1994
Definition
$80 Billion
Term
Trade between Mexico & the U.S.
2000
Definition
$200 Billion
Term
Truck traffic increase since NAFTA
Definition
170%
Term
Truck crossings 1999
Definition
4.2 million
Term
people living across border 2011
Definition
12 million
Term
Mexican nationals cross border to work legally
Definition
+300,000
Term
Mexico exports to U.S. 1990
Definition
65%
Term
Mexico imports from the U.S. 1990
Definition
60%
Term
Zoot Suit Riots
Definition
June 1943 Los Angeles, California
African American's & Mexican American's
Term
Korematsu vs United States
Executive Order 9066
Definition
1994 Supreme Court Case
62% of Japanese were American citizens
Term
Operation Wetback
Definition
1954 +1 million Mexicans deported
Term
Banzai Runs
Definition
when Mexicans would run in big groups across the border together to avoid being arrested or caught
Term
1769
Definition
first Spanish missionary in California set up
Term
1908
Definition
Mexican gov. allows gambling in Tijuana (sin city)
Term
1935
Definition
President Carnadas shuts down gambling
Term
1940s
Definition
no road/railroad connecting Mexico city & Tijuana
Term
1960s/70s
Definition
hippies refused entry into Mexico
Term
Later On
Definition
drugs become more problematic (weed, oppiets, heroine, cocaine)
Term
Race vs Ethnicity
RACE
Definition
color
Term
nature vs nurture
NATURE
Definition
being born a certain way
Term
enculturation vs acculturation
ENC
Definition
what our parents teach us
Term
polygenesis vs monogenesis
POLY
Definition
many origins, species
Term
race vs ethnicity
ETHN
Definition
culture
Term
Nature vs Nurture
NURTURE
Definition
learning how to act through society
Term
enculturation vs acculturation
ACC
Definition
what we learn ourselves
Term
polygenesis vs monogenesis
MONO
Definition
one origin, species
Term
Prejudice
Definition
preconceived judgment or opinion usually based on limited information
Term
Internalized Oppression (racism)
Definition
when a member of a stereotyped group internalizes the stereotype
Term
Racial Formation
Definition
to the process by which social, economic, & political forces determine the content & importance of racial categories, & by which they are in turn shaped by racial meanings
Term
Racialization
Definition
to signify the extension of racial meaning to a previously racially unclassified relationship, social practice, or group. Racialization is an ideological process, a historic specific one
Term
Racism
Definition
personal ideology based on racial prejudice in a system involving cultural messages & institutional policies
Term
Active Racism
Definition
telling a racist joke
Term
Passive Racism
Definition
sitting around laughing at a racist joke
Term
Partiarchy
Definition
*male dominated
*male centered
*male identified