SOCIOL 63 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-7: Telephone Tapping, Institutional Racism, Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Speech from lyndon jackson: negro poverty is not white poverty, for the negro they are a constant reminder of oppression. For the white they are a constant reminder of guilt: nor can these differences be understood as isolated infirmities. Clearcut [sic] and likely to persuade people of a problem. : there are constant attempts to connect the badges of inequality, including poverty and rates of incarceration, to culture, family structure, and the internal lives of black. Black irresponsibility, erroneous social mores, and general bad behavior. The key is widespread acceptance, even by the oppressed themselves. It is not just in the world of politics that elected officials blame poor black children for their own hardships. The mainstream media provides a very public platform for these ideas: ex: professional football player marshawn lynch, who ignored the press during the super bowl in 2015, african american football player, larry foote, chastised lynch for sending the.
