Ppt Race And Ethnicity Flashcards
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Race
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Visible and distinctive characteristics that are determined by biology
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Ethnicity
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Learned cultural heritage shared by a group of people
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… are social constructions for classification
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race and ethnicity
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“One Drop” rule
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One drop of minority makes you that minority (Obama half black but identified as first black president)
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Race and Ethnicity
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- African American vs Black (preferences by individuals vary)
- Native American vs Indian vs First Nations vs American Indian vs Indigenous people
- Hispanic American vs Latino
- Oriental vs Asian American vs Asian people living in the US vs Korean vs Chinese vs Chinese American
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Ethnicity Pt 2
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- Learned cultural heritage based on national origin, ideology, style of dress, dietary habits, and language
- Chinese American vs Exchange student from China
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Racism
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The belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another (xenophobe)
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People of Color
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Inequalities, hegemony
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Equity
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Elimination of policies attitudes, cultural messages
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Colorism
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- Based on skin color stratification (historically light-skin = “more positive” than dark-skin) (goes back to slavery) (“paper bag” test)
- Shows up on magazine covers (Fashionista article), runways and Hollywood (Lusitania Nyongo’s speech in book)
- Colorism exists in black/African American culture (Essence, Light Girls’ and Dark Girls’ film on Kanopy)
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Black Hair
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See slide 7
Crown Act link as well
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Ethnic Dress
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- Cultural Authentication (Eicher & Erekosima, 1980): A process of assimilation through which a garment or an accessory external to a culture is adopted and changed
- Cultural Appropriation: When one person or culture uses the unique creations of another culture for their benefit
