ANTH 1102 Lecture 6Outline of Last Lecture I. Media Video: No lectureOutline of Current Lecture I. White?II. 3 Expansions of “White” in the U.S.A.III. CensusIV. Language and RaceCurrent LectureI. White?a. White is a blank slate that other races are compared againstb. The concept of “white “has changed over timei. What people consider white now wouldn’t have been considered white back in the early emergence of race ii. White = protestant-anglo (Irish and German weren’t even considered white)c. Legally, “white” was first used in 1691 in a Virginia documentII. 3 Expansions of “White” in the U.S.A. a. Early 1800s- Anglo-protestants had the right to vote---the movement for all whitemen was considered “universal suffrage” b. Late 1800s-germans/”Nordics” considered white; other immigrants coming to U.S. from eastern and southern Europe influenced this decision. c. 1940s-1950s- discrimination against housing policies; after WWII the soldiers were given incentives to move into the suburbs, but blacks were notIII. Censusa. In the 1870 Census, African Americans listed by name for the first timeb. This innovative census was used as a means of taxation and representation c. In early censuses, free did not necessarily mean white d. But by 1850, free did equal whiteThese 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.IV. Language and Racea. In the late 1700s, “American” meant white Europeans. b. Racial categories in South Africa: black, white, coloured, indian. c. Racial Categories in Brazil (a lot): Mulato, Moreno Escuto, Preto, Escuro, Indio, Caboclo. d. South African system helps to control majority by a minoritye. Brazilian system allows European colonists to pass on property to chicdren of non-european races. f. 18th Century German anatomist (Blumenbach) coined “Caucasian” because he thought the most beautiful women in the world were from the Caucasus mountains, so they must be white. i. Also termed “mongoloid” “negroid” and “red” for the other
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