HONR 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sexual Identity, Murder Call, Plessey

• School: Towson University
• Department: Honors
• Course: HONR 370
• Professor: Danice Brown

Document Summary

Social construct that divides people into distinct groups. No biological or genetic basis: racial formation. Process in which social, economic, and political forces determine the content and importance of racial categories. Historically created to sustain advantages for white individuals at a systematic level. Not all whites benefit equally (intersectionality: ex. Consequence of discriminatory policies of the past. Difficulty with interracial relationships and biracial children. Loss of real estate equity (housing discrimination) Loss of tax revenue in underemployed coc. History of racism: 1790: naturalization act of 1790; citizenship restricted to free whites (free. Christian whites: 1831-(cid:1005)8(cid:1007)8: (cid:862)t(cid:396)ail of tea(cid:396)s(cid:863) indian tribes forcibly resettled to west. Over 4,000 of 15,000 of the cherokee died: (cid:1005)8(cid:1008)8: u defeats me(cid:454)i(cid:272)o a(cid:374)d (cid:862)pu(cid:396)(cid:272)hases(cid:863) o(cid:448)e(cid:396) (cid:1005)/(cid:1007) of the me(cid:454)i(cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:374)atio(cid:374, treaty of guadalupe hidalgo gives mexicans territory in southwest. Promises to protect the land language and culture of mexicans.