01:920:108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hidden Curriculum, Acting White, White Flight
15 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Presentations in class on the Sakai articles today
•
Social support and racial identity formation
a.
Go through similar experiences of those of the same race usually--> can feel close to them
and identify if you have the same experiences--> fitting in (inclusive)
b.
Adolescents are more likely to make cross-racial relationships
c.
White students---> most are oblivious to power of racism (not able to identify)
d.
Diverse curriculum can help prevent this segregation in classrooms
e.
Need to increase diversity in teacher pool
f.
They discussed race as a social construct (relates to article--> social construction of race
leads to group formation and identification in schools)
g.
"Why are the Black Kids Sitting together" (Sakai)
1.
Adolescent--> finding identity (associate with people close to your race--> similar
experiences)--> can identify with each other.
a.
i.
When minority groups moved to majority white neighborhoods, then more white
people moved out of those neighborhoods (also similar case in school and bus
system).
White flight--> reason for school segregation
b.
i.
From early childhood in school (kids sorted along racial lines--> dictates advanced
classes and more opportunities)
Tracking--> in school, official curriculum and hidden curriculum
c.
d.
Gap given by acting white (less number of minority group kids in certain classrooms)--> so
kids a part of a minority group that achieve well in school are considered "being white"
Professor's added words on the 1st article
2.
Idea of new racism
a.
Hip Hop music = gateway for dehumanization of Black people
b.
Media--> portrayed dominant and misconstrued perceptions of African American women
(overly sexualized)--> they were viewed as being America's sexual scapegoat
c.
Jezebel--> created by European men--> sexualized African American women--> considered
them as "other" group--> used to justify the rape and unfair treatment of African American
women
d.
Media used to educate and inform people about race, gender, and sex (as a result--> there
are inaccurate representations of African American women being displayed in media)
e.
New Racism--> idea that racism does not exist anymore but that is not true
f.
"Media as a system of racialization" (Sakai)
3.
i.
Happens through racial projects (ex: the media--> perpetuates racial categories)
a.
It can be related to racial identity formation
b.
5 agents of socialization--> school, family, peer group, media, and work
c.
Dominance (coercion--> by force) to hegemony (consent too)--> align with ideologies of
ruling class--> false consciousness created through hegemony (like the American Dream)
4.
Professor's added words on the 2nd article
Found in both the North and South
i.
Sundown towns--> all white towns in America
a.
Incorporated pictures of sundown towns (maps)
b.
A lot of people aren't aware of what sundown towns are or that their town was previously
one
c.
Literature was common about lynchings of African Americans but there are not many forms
of literature about sundown towns.
d.
"Importance of Sundown Towns" (Sakai)
5.
Lecture: Day 7
Friday, January 12, 2018
4:07 PM
Minority Groups in American Society Page 1
