differentiating btwn ethnicity and race Flashcards
asian
race
asian amrican
ethnicity
african american and blacks
different groups
i tricked ya but the US census combines the two
african american
extensive cultural tradition
black
dark skin
hispanic and latinos
not an race
but is an ethnicity
raCE
genetically transferable
racism
belief that race is primary determinant of human traits and capacities anf dthat racial differences produce a n inherent superioity of a particu;ar race
racist
person who suscribes to the belief of rsacism
ID races of US bureau of the census (14)
white black/aa/negro american indian/alaskan native asian indian chinese filipinp japanese korean vietnamese other asia native hawaiian guamanian/chamorro samoan other pacific islander other race
2000 census results
75% white 12% black 4% asian !% american indian/ alaskan native .1% hawaiian .....
multiracial obama
father- black native of africa
mother - white
1896
louisiana law requiing black and white to ride in seperate railcars was upheld by us supremecourt
plessy vs ferguson
supremem court rules that the louisiana law is constitutional because it provides seperate but equal treatment
jimcrowe laws start after
after seperate but equal is declared constitutional
jim crowe laws
set of laws designed to seperate blacks and whites as much as possible
like blacks sit in back of buses….seperate schools
white flight
segregation las were eliminated during 1950-60 after brownvs board of education in 1954 saw that seperating schools was unconstitutional and schools were ruled to desegregate asap
rathr than integrate, whites fled
black ghetto expansion made possible because of
white flight
detroit in the white flight
black imigration to detroit had subsided by 1950s but as integration crumbled, whites emigrated
blockbusting
encouerage whit flgiht
real estate agents convince whites in black aea to sell their houz for cheap and sold them expensive to black families escaping the overcrowding ghettos
apartheid where
south africa
apartheid d ef
the physical seperation of different races into differnt geographic areas
under apartheid, a newborn baby was classified as black, white, asian, or colored (black white mix)
yeahh
why were the apathied laws made
to perpetuate white dominance of the country
leader of the antiapartheid movement
nelson mandela
nelson mandela
leader of anti apartheid
elected president 1994 whe n all `south africans were allowed to vote in a national election
