Analysis of Racial Discrimination in America: From African to Arab Americans, Quizzes of Introduction to Sociology

Download Analysis of Racial Discrimination in America: From African to Arab Americans and more Quizzes Introduction to Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 African Americans DEFINITION 1 25% of blacks are in poverty Black-white income gap is 68% MSU- Graduation rate: 80% white 58% Black UM- 91% white ; 78% black TERM 2 King Cotton DEFINITION 2 EI Whitney invented the cotton gin Slaves were war captives slave ship nearly 20% die in transit loose packing ships --> more survived tight packed ships --> more died house slaves were favored servants-Most whites in the south didn't own slaves TERM 3 Paternalism DEFINITION 3 Father-child relationship- (between master and slave) TERM 4 Harriet Jacobs DEFINITION 4 She was in the attic for 7 years because crazy owner wanted her when she was 14 TERM 5 Sambo DEFINITION 5 Childlike-slaves were submissive TERM 6 Variable DEFINITION 6 Something that can take more then 1 value Race (black,white, asian, etc) Region (n,s,e,w) Religion (Lutheran, Catholic) TERM 7 2 good predictors DEFINITION 7 Educational attainment Age TERM 8 % of whites believe racial intermarriage should be banned DEFINITION 8 ages:18-29 (10%)30-39 (13%)40-49 (17%)50-54 (30%)65+ (39%)The older age groups have a higher percentage and they are most likely to agree that intermarriage should be banned TERM 9 % of whites who support residents segregation (year of schooling) DEFINITION 9 0-11 grade: 40%12th grade: 30%13-15: 13%BA- 11%> BA: 8%The higher education, the less likely they are to support residents segregation TERM 10 Social Distance Scale DEFINITION 10 a measure of ethnic prejudice- the degree of social intimacy people are willing to establish with other groups TERM 21 Mexican Americans DEFINITION 21 ChicanosThe American Southwest Texas, Arizona, Cali, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado USA annexed Texas in 1845--> Mexican American War (1846-1848) --> Mexico lost more than 1/2 their territory -> treaty of Guadalupe TERM 22 Identifiability DEFINITION 22 Language and skin color TERM 23 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo DEFINITION 23 Guaranteed full American Citizenship; retention of Spanish language and ownership of property Laws written in English Spanish not used in courts land grants written in Spanish were useless TERM 24 Los Gorras Blancas ("The White Caps") DEFINITION 24 Social bandits from Mexico TERM 25 1924 Immigrant Act DEFINITION 25 Did NOT limit number of Mexicans who could come to U.S. after 1929 (Depression) US border patrol deported Repatriated about 1/2 million Mexicans 1942 the US and Mexico established the Bracero Program owning to labor shortages brought on by W.Mexican Immigrants were deported (1949) TERM 26 Zoot Suit DEFINITION 26 1940's in LA 2nd generation Mexican American kids wore these to call attention- called "panchoes" ; punks, for the suits TERM 27 W.E.B DuBois DEFINITION 27 Double consciousness blacks see themselves as Americans (positive) but see themselves through eyes of whites (negative) TERM 28 Puerto Ricans DEFINITION 28 Have been US citizens since 1898 NYC High rate of remigration-cheap airefares between San Juan and NYC Underrepresented in political offices 51st state? Puerto Ricans split on this issue Both Democratic and Republican parties have supported statehood for Puerto Ricans TERM 29 Puerto Ricans underrepresented in political office DEFINITION 29 P.Ricans don't see themselves as permanent residents Political machines pay little to Puerto Ricans Puerto Ricans have been seen as too radical TERM 30 Cuban Americans DEFINITION 30 Castro came to power in Cuba in 1959 middle and upper class Cubans fled to US political refugees of communism Welcomed by US with open arms gave them automatic green cards by US 1980 Castro decided to empty prisons and mental hospitals telling them that they are free to go --> all came to US TERM 31 Marielitos DEFINITION 31 single males, darker skinned, not given green cards or welcomed to US, some have criminal records/ backgrounds, lowered status of African Americans TERM 32 Elian Gonzalez DEFINITION 32 6 year old boy who fled Cuba to come to US- the boys mother died stayed w. relatives in FL or send him back? Send back to Cuba with father tension and conflict between Cubans and Anglos & 2 waves of Euros TERM 33 Native Americans DEFINITION 33 2 1/2 million before contact with Europeans in N.America- number declined to 200,0003 reasons: lacked immunity to European diseeases killed in war removal from the land about 1% of population is Native AmericanAlaska- 15% of population is Native American TERM 34 Cherokee DEFINITION 34 Largest American Indian tribe TERM 35 Arab Americans DEFINITION 35 Middle EasternMuslim