READ PAGES 1 4 AND READINGS 1 Major Themes 2 Why study Race and Ethnicity in the United States 3 Definitions and Concepts of Race 4 Definitions and Concepts of Ethnicity 5 Stereotypes and Culture I II III IV V Early African Immigration Controversy over the African Population a Civil War b Free vs slaves Post Civil War a Immigration b Emigration c Race Relations Civil Rights Movement and the 20th Century African Americans Today Transition change Assimilation to conform to the general form of society Generational Assimilation Multiculturalism understanding more than one culture Culture what you share with your family Example Food Ethnicity where your family descends Social customs self identification U S Constitution they are not whole were not out numbered Article 1 Defines an African American as a 3 5 of a person which means To give the South more power when dealing with population so they Able to get more seats in the House of Representatives Sets a precedent Permits the slave trade Slavery Any slave that escapes must return to their owner because they are considered property Immigration Alien Sedition and Naturalization Acts What defines a person s race Susie Guillory Phipps Sued the State of Louisiana in 1980 One Drop Rule 1 32 1970 Louisiana Blood Law Any person who has 1 32 could be listed as colored on birth certificate Applied for a passport and on her birth certificate that said colored Lost her case because she was 1 32 African American Race is a category of human beings with distinctive physical characteristics transmitted by descent and set in a radicalized hierarchy 16 17th Century Race kinship linkages 18th Century to Present Race physical Racial Hierarchy A stratification of and substantial inequality among physically distinct groups Johann Blumenbach German anatomist 1795 Caucasians Europeans Mongolians Asians Ethiopians Africans Americans Native Americans Malays Polynesians Race Scientifically Categorized Biological racial initiatives A folk distinction would be something that is cultural Scientist have proven time and time again that biologically you cannot classify your race in your chromosome Racist ideology in twentieth century that race is a social construct Ideological Racism An ideology that considers a group s unchangeable physical characteristics to be linked in a direct causal way to psychological or intellectual characteristics and that on this basis distinguishes between superior and inferior racial groups Example the slave owners feel above the slaves Racialization the process by which those in the dominant white group especially in elites have defined and constructed certain groups as being racially inferior or superior for the purposes of societal placement and group enrichment segregation or oppression Today Race is a social construct Racial Group a social group that persons inside or outside the group have decided is important to single out as inferior or superior typically on the basis of real or alleged physical characteristics selected subjectively Example The Ku Klux Klan Ethnicity Origin of word ethnic An ethnic group is defined as a group socially distinguished or set apart by others or by itself primarily on the basis of cultural or national origin characteristics Ancestry Ethnic Groups Minority group of subordinate group A group of people based on characteristics are singled out collective discrimination Dominant Group You think your ethnicity is superior to others Ethnocentrism belief that one s particular ethnic group is more important than other ethnic groups and that all other groups should be measured according to their ethnic group Cultural Distinctions Culture traditions and what you share with your family Stereotypes an overgeneralization associated with racial or ethnic category that goes beyond existing evidence Definition of race in the 16th and 17th century Ties within your family name For example I am the daughter of the Kelley family 18th century through the 20th century Physical traits Today Social construct where someone comes from racial hierarchy a ranking categorization of your race based on what the dominant group thinks Johan Blumenbach classifies races Caucasians Europeans Mongolians Asians Ethiopians Africans Americans Native Americans Malays Polynesians English Immigration Turning the colonist into Americans Spanish arrived first 350 000 English by early 18th century 1820 1950 nearly 3 million English Immigrants Practice of colonized migration involved the subordination of indigenous societies Many English have the mindset to make money and wealth Stereotypes of English Settlers Pilgrims Puritans Wealthy White Christians First Immigrants 4 Distinct English Speaking Groups Quakers Puritans Pilgrims Virginian Royalists Borderland Immigrants Virginia Royalists From Southern England Joint stock company Tried discovering gold The Virginia Company 1607 105 settlers Came over to find gold but didn t find any Majority of men who were on the mission in seek for gold and had no knowledge on how to farm and did not have any resources Boat returns in 1609 with more people and realize that they have to do something else besides look for gold or else they would not make it the next step was making their wealth off of Tobacco Many men died The men who made it out alive became extremely wealthy More settlers come in seek of becoming wealthy Puritans Massachusetts 1629 1640 Divine Mission Protestant Came over to practice religion they wanted to seek religious freedom Their goal was planned to be in a divine mission form a group or colony based around Christianity Puritans are against the Church of England Pilgrims 1607 Pilgrims flee to Holland thinking it would be a great place to worship Come back to England to get money then head to Massachusetts Radical known as Separatists Church of England similar to Catholic Church Felt the Church of England should reform further Set out in 1620 to the New World on the Mayflower Come on the Mayflower and set up right off the coast of Plymouth Mayflower Compact No governmental body to answer too because England wanted nothing to do with them Pilgrim leaders said that everyone would abide by the laws that were elected It actually works and they learn to coexist Seeking religious freedom in the new world Quakers From North Midland England and Wales Arrived Delaware Valley 1675 1725 Founder George Fox Pacifist group so they do not fight Radical in a sense with no violence Carry through the
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