Introduction Understanding Race Ethnicity and Nationality 13 05 2014 07 14 00 Race Category of human beings based upon distinctive physical characteristics such as o Skin color o Hair type o Facial features Race is Constructed A little girl usually has something pink the girl color epitome of femininity Society says if you play football you must be straight Society says if you re a girl take a dance class We are molded by society History of Race Immanuel Kant German 1770s o First to use the term race in the modern sense of biological differences Johann Blumenbach German 1795 o First to use the term Caucasian o First to develop a Racial Hierarchy o This applies to real life Everything is ranked once separated Racial Hierarchy Classification or stratification of certain groups based on physical characteristics Group who makes the Hierarchy is on the top The more different you are in terms of physical characteristics from the top group the lower you rank LT s Racial Hierarchy Reese s Snickers Peanut M Ms Skittles Peanut butter chocolate then multicolor then fruity Racialization Dominant because of physical characteristics white group labels certain groups as Subordinate o Dominant majority with the greatest power o Subordinate singled out and treated unequally Ideological Racism The elites of the dominant white group CONSTRUCTED other groups as being inferior in order to segregate and oppress In the United States o White at the top black at the bottom Reese s at the top skittles at the bottom Most opposite New groups i e Chinese Mexican whites determine where they fit into the hierarchy Ethnicity How is Ethnicity different from Race o Race is what you look like o Ethnicity is based primarily on the basis of cultural characteristics Language Food Clothing Religion History You can most definitely have more than one ethnicity Where your family came from family origins biracial Culture Shared values understandings symbols and practices of a group of people o Star Jewish faith o Cross Christianity Nationality The country of which you hold citizenship o Where you hold your passport Case Studies You were born in Haiti but moved with your parents to Pompano Beach FL when you were 3 years old You speak English and French but you are a United States Citizen o Nationality American o Race Black African American o Ethnicity Haitian Key Terms in Understanding Race Ethnicity in the United States 13 05 2014 07 14 00 Prejudice Hasty judgment False generalization Because one belongs to a particular group Stereotype An overgeneralization associated with a racial or ethnic category Is constructed that goes beyond existing evidence 90lbs Pitbull o Stereotypical owner a black person o Really belongs to LT s whiter than shit brother Individual Racism Racially hostile acts of an individual or group directed at member s of another group Miss America example o American Indian woman wins Miss America and people react with rude derogatory comments for her not being the classic Caucasian Institutional Racism subordinate racial group Institutionalized practices that negatively affect members of a o Institution school public facility community pool etc Discrimination Actions carried out by members of a dominant group that have a harmful effect on members of the subordinate group o We serve whites only no Spanish or Mexicans o We want white tenants in our white community Daily wage for Italians in the 1900s 1 50 the group does not resist accepts their place as How to Deal with Racism Accommodate a subordinate group o It is what it is o First generation immigrants Assimilation the group conforms absorbs or adopts the Acculturation keep ones own culture mainly in home but also adapts to new culture when necessary for job school survival mainstream culture o Third generation etc o Second generation Four Types of Migration Voluntary o Voluntarily come to the U S Involuntary o Things are so bad in a country that one is pushed out of the country o Essentially escaping calamities o Pre 20th century term Forced Refugee o African Americans o Cubans o Jewish WWII o Chinese escaping communism o Israeli o 20th century term Four Factors of Success Whether you make it or break it in the U S factors that make you choose whether to assimilate or not o Money o Location where you settle o Numbers 5 million Italians come to the US in 30 years Great numbers create a certain fear 1000 Chinese in Tallahassee vs 1000 Chinese in Miami We fear the unknown o Stereotypes Positive or negative Four Waves of Migration Formative Wave 1607 1820 o Jamestown Virginia First Wave 1820 1880 o American Civil War Irish and Chinese Second Wave 1880 1921 English Americans and African Americans Native Americans o Era of immigration during the progressive area building of major cities and structures o Influx of Eastern Europeans and Jewish Name ending in vowel Mexicans Immigration shutdown 1921 1965 Third Wave 1965 Present o Immigration opens to everyone in the world English Americans The WASPS 07 14 00 13 05 2014 WTF is a WASP White Race Anglo Saxon origin of the term is from Germanic Tribes o Specifically Anglican Church Church of England o Pretty much the only voluntary group we will be covering Formative Wave Came as early as 1607 but most came during Drove Native Americans off their land Ethnicity Protestant Religion The Basics Voluntary Migrants this semester 1700s o West Four major settlements 1 Virginia Chesapeake Virginia Company o Joint Stock Company Similar to student loans The purpose was economic profit a show of power Settled in 1607 Mostly young single men Economic goals o Obtain raw materials Tobacco o Overseas trading post market Power o First slaves brought in by 1619 to extract plant and monitor the raw materials such as tobacco English Americans couldn t handle the climate o Indentured servants English Americans in debt criminals people in the poor house who have signed a contract to serve When contract was up the English Americans were given a piece of land There were females Easier to escape than for dark skinned slaves Men money and slaves 2 Massachusetts New England Massachusetts Bay Company Settled in 1620 o For religious freedom Not being persecuted they re still voluntary immigrants o Puritans Not Church of England Meant the King and the Church were one and the same o Small town with community structure and family 3 Pennsylvania Quakers o Pacifists Peace loving Religiously tolerant likes everyone Settled in 1675 o Society
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