Context Flashcards
What was Reaganomics?
Reagans economic policy to reduce tax cuts, social spending and increasing military spending to promote economic growth.
How did Reaganomics affect employment?
Many black workers became unemployed due to being in manufacturing jobs, impacting black communities like Chicago and Detroit. (These were states on the south side)
How did Reaganomics affect people socially?
Reagans reduced funding for social programmes; public housing, food stamps held a financial strain that many low income black families relied on.
Consequences of “deindustrialization”?
1973-1980, New York city lost 40,000-50,000 jobs in textile industries as companies moved their operations outside the USA.
How did the Reaganomics occur?
Introduction of very conservative government led to not caring about social services and urban development.
The result of the civil rights movement was…
Almost 40% of black workers were employed in blue collar jobs, in heavy industry like steel. With low wages.
What was Reagans “War on Drugs”?
Anti-drug mission, Reagan increased anti-drug police force ( increased budget of local police ) and embedded mandatory sentences for drug offenders.
What were the consequences of the “War on Drugs”?
- Young black men targeted and arrested more, as black communities had more common crack (rock) activity than cocaine powder in white middle/higher class communities.
- As a result of males/fathers being arrested, lone mother = family instability and economic hardships
- Police brutality cases increased; excessive violence and racial profiling.
How did Reagans policies affect kids?
Without jobs and no funding for schools to continue, there was no education leading to black w/c kids doing drug jobs to make a living.
Violence in black w/c communities also increased.
The result of the 1980’s introduction to crack..?
- Rock type cocaine
- Because of poverty, hunger, and homelessness, the illegal trafficking in drugs was introduced to make money.
Within a few years, several hundred thousand African American households were addicted to crack.
