SOC 019 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: United Negro College Fund, Dual Inheritance Theory, Institutional Racism
16 Mar 2019
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Slavery reparations cash or land compensation to descendants of slaves to rectify past injustices. Colored first used in the 14th century, became widely used in the us. although not considered derogatory, it is now outdated. It lives on in the association name, national. Negro reflecting the latin, italian, portuguese, and spanish words for black, this term replaced colored as a proper term. Used by mlk jr. , it fell into disuse in the 1960s as civil rights leaders associated the word with years of slavery, segregation, and discrimination. It lives on in the organization name, united negro college fund. Black a civil rights era replacement word, it became popular to replace the outdated. Negro", partly because it signified a racial bond between americans of slave and free immigrant ancestry. The word black, like that of white, may or may not be capitalized, depending on a publication"s style guidelines.
