Muslims
- second to Christianity
- guided by Koran
- divided into a variety of faiths and sects
Jihad
-A struggle against enemies of Allah, usually taken to mean ones own internal struggle but recently reinterpreted to mean political enemies
Arabs
- refers to immigrants and their descendants from the countries that now comprise the Arab world.
- 3 million people with ancestry
Hajj
-pilgrimage to Mecca to be completed at least once in a muslims lifetime
Yellow peril
Refers to the generalized prejudice toward Asian people and their customs
Why Limited Chinese in politics
- traits needed to become candidate
- older people tell others to be quiet
- distrust in government
- concentrates on getting ahead economically
Hmong
- come from rural areas of Laos and Vietnam
- faced major issues of assimilation
- conflict over contemporary us policies
Korean Americans
- 3 waves of immigration
- 1st came between 1903&1910 in Hawaii
- 2nd came after Korean War
- 3rd came under 1965 immigration act
Chinatowns
- impression of glitter and wealth hidden among economic deprivation and poverty in Chinatown
- history of organizational membership
- membership based on clan and family ties
1913 California alien land act
-prohibited anyone who was ineligible for citizenship from owning land and limited leases
Wartime evacuation
- exec order signed by Roosevelt in 1942
- authorized removal of people considered threats to national security
- cost 400 million back then or 3.7 billion now
- weakened family ties
Civil liberties act
1988
- signed by Ronald Reagan
- payments in slow coming, others had priority
- aging internees dying at a rate of 200 a month
Anti-seminism
- anti Jewish prejudice or discrimination
- not institutionalized in the US
Fringe of values theory
-behavior that is on the border of conduct that a society regards as proper and is often carried out by subordinate groups
Comparable worth
Pay equity
-calls for equal pay by measuring: Knowledge Skills Effort Responsibility Working conditions
Title IX
Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost all school systems
Second shift
Women work and then take care of family needs
Ageism
Refers to prejudice and discrimination against the elderly
Age discrimination in employment act
1968
(ADEA)
Protect workers 40 and older from being fired
Americans with disabilities act
1992
(ADA)
- civil rights view of disabilities
- humanize the way society treats the disabled
Homophobia
- The fear of and prejudice toward homosexuality
- more respectable form of bigotry
Defense of marriage act
1996
Denies federal recognition of same sex marriage
