ETST 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Federal Housing Administration, Redlining, Felix Z. Longoria Jr.
21 Apr 2016
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In the late 19th and early 20th c. forged by overt forms of egregious violence. Moving into the middle of the 20th c. - era of increases modernity- racial formation took on a new shape. *particular social structures are what shape the racial formations/ideologies& cultural representation. Social structures: federal: federal housing administration | congress, local: cemeteries | neighborhoods | schools. Europeans from india, 100 europeans from vietnam, etc. Johnson reed act as a racial project creating a white populace based on 1920 census. Racial implications of the johnson reed act creates a white majority: excluding immigrants of color, promoting the value of whiteness to citizenship constructing a white immigrant american identity, being white becomes incredibly important to become a citizen. Important: 2 cases that has to do from immigrants from asia, one japanese and one is. They sue the gov"t because they can"t be citizens due to the color of their skin, their reasons are.
