Key 1 Flashcards
Hispanic Latino
Cluttered in southwest
2 most numerous ethnicities In USA
15 Hispanics/ Latinos
13%African Americans
4% Asian
1% American Indian
African Americans
Clustered in southeast
Asian Americans
Clustered in west
California has a lot
American Indians and Alaska natives
Southwest and plains states
Some cities have large percentage Aas
Detroit
Chicago
Los Angeles
Important migration patterns AAs
Slaves- African to American colonies
USA south to USA north in first half Oftwentieth century
Ghettos to other urban neighborhoods
Triangular slave trade
Cloths from Europe sold for slaves
Slaves ad gold transported to Western Hemisphere
Sugar and molasses go back to Europe
African American and black are two separate ethnicities according to the us census
Black= black skin
African American = extensive cultural tradition
Hispanic and Latino is not considered an ethnicity
Why
Separate but equal doctrine
Plessy vs. ferguson
Blacks and whites ride in separate railway cars
White flight
Brown v board of education of Topeka Kansas
Separate schools for blacks and whites is unconstisptutional. So school were supposed to be desegregated ASAP.
Rather than integrate, whites fled. In Detroit 1950s white decrease 1millionaand blacks increased
Encouraged by block busting
Blockbusting
Real estate agent convince white home owners living near black areas to sell their house for low prices
Neighborhood can change from white to black in months
Apartheid
Physical separation of Races into different geographic areas
South Africa
Apartheid
Different races live in different areas
Restricted occupation choices
