SYG-1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Intentionality, Disinvestment, Bhagat Singh Thind
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Race in the u. s. : blood quantum & skin color (whiteness) 1861-1865: american civil war to abolish slavery. (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s ji(cid:373) c(cid:396)o(cid:449) a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a: prohibitions against interracial mixing & marriages; need for a precise definition of race -(cid:396)elia(cid:374)(cid:272)e o(cid:374) (cid:395)ua(cid:374)tu(cid:373) of (cid:271)lood (cid:894)(cid:862)one drop rule(cid:863)(cid:895) The social construction of race (fraught with prejudicial ideas & negative stereotypes a(cid:271)out the (cid:396)a(cid:272)ialized (cid:862)other(cid:863) & motivated by economic & political interests) Racializing people by fitting them into fixed racial categories. Racism the meaning people attach to the racial identity a person is thought to fit or subscribes to. Often involves discriminatory behavior toward the person & stereotypical assu(cid:373)ptio(cid:374)s a(cid:271)out that pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)io(cid:396) a(cid:374)d tastes & p(cid:396)efe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)es. Methods: ethnography conducted in philadelphia; observation; interpretation of observations. Code of the street: cultural adaptation to social marginality. Oppositional culture of the inner city (cid:862)decent(cid:863) (cid:448)s. (cid:862) t(cid:396)eet(cid:863) o(cid:396)ie(cid:374)tatio(cid:374)s. The code of the street organizes public life in the community.
