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Sociolocy Final
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
05/08/2011

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Racialization of the State
Definition
how state policy has impaired pple of color to get wealth
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homesteading
Definition
if you worked the land for 5 years it was yours
-no available to blacks
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New Deal
Definition
FDR Policies -he needed the southern vote so he said certain jobs didnt qualify for unemployment, social security -those jobs were mostly held by blacks IE: agriculture and domestic labor jobs
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GI BIll
Definition
offered college education for returning vets
-not offered to blacks
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US Housing policy
Definition
created the middle class by giving out loans
-blacks were denied loans
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deindustrialization
Definition
movement of manufacturing jobs from city to suburbs or different country
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income vs wealth
Definition
-what you earn, your pay check
-what you own, what youre worth
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racial wage gap
Definition
pple of colr earn less money than whites with same education and skills
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Racial Wealth Gap
Definition
wealth differential b/w whites and blacks
-mostly in order to get wealth you must come from it.
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brotherhood march
Definition
1987
-memorial march
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structural causes of poverty
Definition
-de-industrialization
-spatial mismatch thesis
jobs for semi-skilled workers were moved out of urban areas, away from pple that need them
-minimal welfare state
we dont have as much security
thin social safety net
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Affirmative Action
Definition
forces employers to not be racist in their hiring
-makes employers be proactive in diversifying their work environment
-MYTH
-unqualified minorities will get the job just because they are a minority
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Mexican Repatriation Program
Definition
Influx of Mex immigrants
-during depression whites blamed mexicans for problems
-govt sent 2 million mexicans back to mexico
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Termination Era
Definition
1950-1970
-provided financial incentives for indians to leave reservations and move to cities.
-Tribal Termination Policies
-109 tribes terminated
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Sundown towns
Definition
-not many in the south
-too large of a black population
-towns that ran out the small black population
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great retreat
Definition
-1890-1940
-whites began creating intentionally all white communities by running out
minorities
-at one point blacks were welcomed, then they were blamed for bad economic crap
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Great Migration
Definition
blacks moved from midwest to urban areas
Term
Segregation Index
Definition
measure that tells us what % of cities black population would have to move to another block to have no seregation
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Reasons for residential segregation
Definition
1) Economic
-more poor blacks therefore will live in poorer areas
-not only reason, wealthy blacks are also segregated
2) White Preference
-White residents tend o prefer all white neighborhoods
-if intergrated, whites move out
3) Black Preference
-would prefer integrated neighborhoods but afraid of what whites will do.
4) Real Estate Business Practices
-historically has supported segregation
-restrictive covenants till 1948
-Redlining
-Block Busting
-Realtors make fast buck by scaring whites into selling their homes in fear of intergration
-Racial Steering
-selective showing of diff. houses to whites and blacks
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Urban Renewal
Definition
by 70's urban areas declined
-in order to save them city built malls, stadiums, ect---> highway construction.
-caters to wealthy suburbanites
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Gentrification
Definition
when middle class housing takes over low-income areas
- increases property taxes of poor neighbors
-cities want middle class tax payers and werent building low income housing
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White Flight
Definition
-white reaction to racisl intergration ofschools neighborhoods
-moved out of the cities
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Environmental Racism
Definition
any policy that disproportionately disadvantages non-white communities with environmental toxins ect.
-govt offers to pay them to store radioactive waste.
NIMBY!!
Term
Compulsory Ignorance
Definition
keeping them ignorant makes it easier to control them
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Freedmans bureau
Definition
built schools for blacks and whites
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racialized space
Definition
areas of campus of city that provide sense of belonging to some certain racial group
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vagabond law
Definition
outlawed begging and looking for work
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Convict leasing program
Definition
sheriff provided jail labor to planters
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The Sambo
Definition
older, loud, happy, laughing black man
-food, dance and song
-made black look slap happy and foolish
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Jim Crow
Definition
comedy routine
-whites in black face
-pple bought this image of blacks
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Minstrel shows
Definition
-portrayed blacks as happy and foolish
-made pple think blacks were happy and that slavery was good for them.
-also resolved moral and political conflicts
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Zipcoon
Definition
-imitation of a free black
-failure to adapt to free society
-seen as stupid
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"Birth of a Nation"
Definition
a 1915 silent film that portrayed black men as sexually aggressive towards young white virgins.
-example of ho after emancipation blacks were no longer viewed as happy but as barbaric and dangerous.
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minstrelsy
Definition
when one group dominates in the artistic realm and misrepresents and distorts images of groups
-done in 1830-1910
Term
The blues
Definition
- a reflection of black life during jim crow
-cry of an oppressed people
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Bebop
Definition
-created to have an unimitateable sound
-whites stole alot of the music
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rap
Definition
-emerged out of inner city communities
-just as dirty and anit-establishment as rock and roll yet rap gets crap for it
Term
Racial representation in art
Definition
who isnt there?
-ex: most models are white
-definition of beauty
-ethnic group plastic surgery
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white aesthetic
Definition
unraced representation of the social world where white presumes to speak for all
-when white is normalized in art
Term
racist aesthetic
Definition
seeks to depict pple of color in negative ways
3 WAYS
1) white washes history to make it seem better
2) distorts racial dominations by pretending they dont exist
3)tries to depict racial domination as a purely psychological issue
Term
cultural appropriation
Definition
borrowing from other cultures
ex: france may have hamburgers
Term
racist appropriation
Definition
refusing to credit the racial group responsible for the art form
ex: jazz, rock and roll
Term
ethnic nationalism
Definition
groups that resist cultural and social assimulation
People:
Marcus Garvey- UNIA(United negro Improvent Associations)
-"back to Africa" campaign
-blacks were Africans first
MALCOLM X- black nationalist
Term
homophilly
Definition
practice of associating only with people like yourself
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boundary work
Definition
practices where people maintain and challenge racial relations of exclusivity or inclusivity.
ex: black person in white fraternity
-black bars and night clubs
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political correctness
Definition
-used as a negative term
-tossed around as something that limits our free speech
-supposed to keep people from being publicly offensive to racial groups
Term
Hate Groups
Definition
-more people are involved in anti-racist groups
-884 active groups
-believe that whites are genetically
superior to others
-believe white rights have been trampled on since Civil Rights Movement
*****hate crimes have increased 35% 2003-2006
Term
Who joins hate groups?
Definition
-mostly women and professionals
-internet has made it easier
-pple can silently join
-most members have some college education
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anti-miscegenation laws
Definition
criminalized interracial marriage
-race mixing threatened white purity
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