ANTHRO 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Fifth Third Bank, Racism, Ally Financial
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2/9/16: feb 21st, malcolm x was killed. Not true that lax was named after him: feb 23rd, famous sociologist known as w. e. b. 1790s: first citizenship laws, white people are the citizens. Anyone whom the courts judge who are not white are not part of the american. Cultural assimilation does not mean you apart of the nation: when discussing this topic, we are discussing racism. What: racism- a system for the exploitation of minorities. (in system of white supremacy, the people being exploited are people of color) c. ii. How: it operates through government policies and market forces. c. ii. 1. Combined to create and maintain a market to exploit the people of color. c. ii. 2. Laws do not stop the employers from stealing the wages of employees. c. iii. Why: exists because it is economically very profitable and it is politically advantageous. (look at statistics) c. iii. 1.
