History of Civil Rights
Name four sectors civil rights laws impact as per the article
healthcare, education, housing, employment
Under the title VI act, approximately how many Black infant deaths were prevented
Acceptable: 38,000-40,000
38,600
Brown vs. Board
The process of denying housing to qualified candidates to preserve the demograhic integrity of a neighborhood
redlining
Name two exclusions the Founding Fathers drafted in the Constitution that promoted the maintenance of racism
3/5 rules, all MEN are created equal, Article 1
This Act financed hospital construction under separate but equal act
How many of these were non-segregated?
Hill-Burton Act (1964)
2 hospitals
Who was responsible for analyzing both the immediate and long term effects of school desegregation
Johnson
How does location of housing produce health consequences
- lack of transportation to hospitals or care centers
- food desserts or inaccessibility to quality foods
- safety and recreation
- lack of transportation to employment causing financial stress
- lack of quality education creating cyclical consequences
The principles of the USA being founded in racism is an example of which sector of racism we've learned
Structural
These laws prohibited civic participation - unless meeting certain requirements
Jim Crow Laws
Describe how the lack of enforcement of civil rights laws impacts health
- Lack of available housing creates transportation issues (accessibility)
- Employment discrimination causes inaccessibility to insurance or medical coverage
- Housing in undesirable areas affects health because of environmental toxins, pollution, etc
- Food Droughts
Name 2 court cases involved in Black prohibition of access to education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board
What was the justification to continue housing discrimination
To protect qualitable neighborhoods from the compromisation of individuals whose racial backgrounds would be of detriment to property value
How John Henryism relates to this article
"Equitable access to education is also essential for health equity, because it allows the development of basic knowledge, problemsolving abilities, and social-emotional skills"
In other words this equity can enable ways to cope with stress in positive or productive ways
Judicial Ruling: Simpkins v.Moses H.Cone Memorial Hospital (1963)
"Hospitals receiving federal funds were no longer considered private, but as arms of the state subject to federal requirements."
What is the CRA of 1964
"prohibiting segregation and discrimination in hospitals receiving federal funds"
In this article what were the positive impacts of court ordered integration in schools
- Higher completion rate of high school
- Increase in mean amount of allocated money to schools and student expenditures
- Increase in integration generally
- Lower death rates
- Higher wages amongst Black men and equivalent wages for Black women and white women
- Increased life expectancy for Black women
Buchanan v. Warley declared the practice of housing discrimination based off race unconstitutional. Why is it that there is still de-facto segregated neighborhoods?
Any answers that tickle my questions fancy acceptable
Describe 3 ways in which civil rights have historically failed to protect Black citizens
- Lack of enforcement
- Divides between state laws
- Imposing requirements that are unfair
- Segregation laws that justify if everyone has access to the same institutions but separately there is equality
- Funding differences
Other applicable answers
Give a structural and interpersonal example of how civil rights enabled infant mortality and general health consequences for Black individuals
Institutional:
- Separate but equal act
- Jim Crow Laws
- Employment discrimination causing Black individuals into stress
- Employment discrimination creating barriers to become Black doctors (more inaccessibility)
- Redlining and housing laws prohibiting accessibility to hospitals
Interpersonal:
- Segregatory laws being ruled unconstitutional but maintaining negative attitudes towards Black patients
- Biased Medical Research
- Quality of schools influenced by federal funding, location, and demographic
- Hiring managers personal biases
- Internalizing not being worthy enough of certain jobs
Outside article question:
Describe how landlords can use coercive tactics even now to maintain neighborhood and housing discrimination/inequity
Dependent on student answers
Winner takes all:
Make a compelling argument for which category is the most significant cause of health issues (housing, education, etc)
Whichever teams answer tickles my fancy