ES 112 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Emancipation Proclamation, Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Earl Warren
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When colonizers conquered america, they deemed natives as non-human entities. Race is formed by social, economic and political forces. In some places siblings can have different racial ids. In uk non-whites declare themselves as black. Media plays a key role in this functions. A set of attributes we give to a person because of their race. Abstract liberalism: attributing present wealth distribution to fair competition, thus racial minorities are like that because they just don"t work hard. Naturalization: the thought that people wish to be segregated and within their social group. Biologization of culture: attributes cultural attitudes racial groups. Minimization of racism: dismissing true forms of racism, by saying it does not apply to racism. The idea that immigrants takes american jobs. Bracero program (1942): perfect example of the us push and pull of immigration depending of their own needs. Making immigration legal, then illegal when it is no longer needed and deporting people.
