SOCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Walter Lippmann, White Supremacy, Jim Crow Laws
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Chapter 11: the architecture of inequality [race and ethnicity] Race: category of individual labeled and treated as similar because of common inborn biological traits (skin color, hair texture, shape of the eyes, etc. ) Ethnicity: non-biological traits (shared culture, history, language, and behavior: racial categories are created, transformed, inhabited, applied, and destroyed by social institutions. Institutional racism: established laws, customs, and practices that systematically reflect and produce racial inequalities in society. Examples- the economic system, health care, or the education system. Affirmative action: government policy that requires organizations to draft a written plan on how they would seek out members of minority groups. Native americans were massacred, their ancestral lands were taken over, they were confined to reservations, and government exploitation. Cubans were welcomed, while other latino/as groups experienced oppression. Mexicans lost control of their land, and mexican workers experienced exploitation. African americans experienced racial mistreatment even after the 13th amendment outlawed slavery.
