Final Review Flashcards
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
