SOCI 205 1nd Edition Lecture 19Outline of Last Lecture II. Social Construction of RaceIII. Changing Racial Patterns Outline of Current LectureII. The Great Arizona Orphan AbductionIII. WilsonIV. Plantation Economy in South (pre-civil war)V. Industrial ExpansionVI. Industrial Expansion (post- civil war)VII. Tomaskovic-Devey and Warren ReadingCurrent LectureII. The Great Arizona Orphan Abductiona. Summary: 40 Irish Catholic Orphans Adopted in Arizonai. 16 are abducted by Anglo vigilantesii. 3 turned over to Anglosiii. 21 return to NYC with Catholic nunsb. Nuns: sue to reclaim kids c. The verdict: Court rules to stay out of conflict to lessen the negative impact on the kids; right of Mexicans was never addressed; the legality of vigilantes were never questionedd. SCOTUS: dismisses case e. AZ Courts and SCOTUS: adjudicating whitenessf. Gordon brings up the contradiction: Courts – Mexicans are unfit to raise white children, while the US census is that Mexicans are categorized as whiteg. Race and Racism among Catholic Nunsi. Regretted placing kids with Mexicansii. Never defended adoptive parents’ rightsIII. Wilsona. How structural changes in economy change opportunities for blacksb. Life chances for blacks: varies by historical periodIV. Plantation economy in South (pre-civil war)a. Slaveholding elite controlled political, legal, and economic systemThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.b. Poor whites didn’t benefit from this system – presence of slaves meant that poor whites could not demand higher wagesc. In south: white workers (non-slave owning): saw themselves as “labor aristocracy”i. WJW: not so1. White workers usually competed with slavesii. In North: white workers received higher wages V. Industrial Expansiona. With industrialization and urbanization: lower class whites competed with blacksb. At the same time, lower class whites gained power and demanded heightened segregation  Jim Crow lawsi. Jim Crow: legal means to restrict and controlc. Extra-legal enforcement of segregation (as opposed to Jim Crow –legal)i. Lynching – great increase in number of lynches from 1840-1900(30 to over 2500)d. Jim Crowi. South: white workers desire to avoid competition with blacks on job market1. Plantation owners not threatened by Jim Crowii. North: segregationVI. Industrial Expansion (post-civil war)a. 20th centuryi. blacks leave south for industrializing North b. Push and Pull factors that brought people from south to northi. Pull1. Indisutrial expansion (WWI)2. Decrease in euro immigrationii. Push1. Mechanization and new technologiesc. Northi. White workers responded like white workers in southii. Race riots: racism is not just a southern problemiii. Tensions resolves via creation of urban ghettosd. WWIIi. Increased migration (S to N), esp. to citiese. Civil Rights of 50s and 60si. 1954: Brown v. Board of Edu.ii. 1964: Civil Rights Actiii. 1965: Voting Rights Activ. 1968: Civil Rights Actf. Wilson asks: which class benefitted from civil rights changes of 50s and 60s?i. Middle classg. 1950s to 1960si. civil rights movement reflects concerns of black middle classii. economic concerns of poor blacks not reflected in civil rightsh. New phase (post 1960s)i. Class AND race are importantii. Why is unemployment among blacks so high?iii. Wilson: shift in job structure led to change in jobs available and skills required1. Manufacturing: lack of new jobs2. Service: require education therefore better-paid jobs are hard to findiv. Unemployment1. Manufacturing: jobs moved to suburbs or overseas2. Upshot: chronic unemployment for a large segment of black populationv. Changes in job structure… 1. Affects different segments of black population differently2. Middle-class blacks: expanding service sector3. Poor (inner city) Blacks: few opportunitiesvi. Changing Class Structure1. Middle class blacks leave ghetto2. With middle class departure from ghetto, leaders and role models leave as well 3. Upshot: large, black middle classa. Result of agency and structure (e.g. civil rights legislation)b. But blacks are over represented in underclassi. Poor who are unemployed and possibly unemployable ii. Result of agency and structure (e.g. racial oppression such as slavery and Jim Crow)VII. Tomaskovic-Devey and Warren Readinga. What is racial profiling? What was Operation Pipeline?i. Racial profiling: stopping someone based on their racial characteristicsb. Does racial profiling lead to more drug seizures?i. Less drug seizures – white people had double as much of contrabandc. Does it increase police efficiency?i.