AMST 20100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Racialization, Seven Ways, Redlining
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Seven ways american studies deals with race (cont. ) Ex. race box on census, race-based inequality, the region (east. There are bigger systems at work than race. Jim crow: the system of legal and social segregation in the us during the 20th century. Ex. segregated areas of chicago and new york today. Redlining: the practice of denying services to residents of a certain residential area because of their racial composition. Ethnicity: real or imagined common ancestry, heritage, or culture, that is not necessarily tied to race. Race is more of a verb than a noun. If race is a noun, then it leads to essentialism. If race is a verb, then is shows that racialization occurred. Racialization: the social process through which individuals or groups are assigned to specific racial categories.
