History of Racism in America
America's greatest economic investment; people oppressed and owned as if they are property.
What is slavery?
This country is home to 5% of the world's population but 25% of the world's prisoners, making it have the highest rate of incarceration in the world.
What is the United States of America?
A movement to explicitly address police brutality and discrimination against African Americans in the criminal justice system.
What is the Black Lives Matter Movement?
A feeling of powerlessness rooted in the belief that government ignores their interests.
What is political alienation?
A war in 19th Century America fought over the issue of slavery.
What is the American Civil War?
This specific group of Americans account for roughly 6.5% of the United States population, but make up 40.2% of the prison population, making them disproportionally overrepresented in the prison system.
What are African American men?
The principle that makes one think of African American men in society as, “drug dealing, football or basketball players, or gangbangers,” ultimately influencing how they are treated in society.
What is stereotyping?
The United States President responsible for fueling the fire at a time of social unrest in 2020's America.
Who is President Donald Trump?
The United States President responsible for the Emancipation Proclamation and, ultimately, the end of slavery.
Who is President Abraham Lincoln?
The constitutional amendment outlawing slavery, except for as punishment for a crime. This loophole to this amendment was almost immediately exploited after the Civil War, resulting in America’s first prison boom when African Americans were arrested in mass.
What is the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution?
The year that George Zimmerman was acquitted after killing an unarmed African American man, Trayvon Martin, making the Black Lives Matter Movement have a rise in popularity.
When is 2012?
The gradual increase of division along party lines, making people less and less likely to hear opposing viewpoints.
What is political polarization?
The year the Supreme Court decision that kept structural barriers for people of color an issue in society came about and what it was named.
What is the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Decision?
An informal war within the United States, originally coined by President Richard Nixon but put into effect by President Ronald Reagan. This war treated drug addiction as a criminal justice issue rather than a health issue and directly impacted African Americans and other communities of color due to the discretion that law enforcement was given in following these laws.
What is the War on Drugs?
The sociological theory stating that the way an officer approaches a suspect will influence the demeanor of the suspect, which in turn will result in an arrest or killing in these situations.
What is interactionist theory?
Americans hope for leaders that are not ________, because no such leader exists, but someone who looks out for the interest in everyone.
What is perfect?
The three "Reconstruction" constitutional amendments.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution?
The President, year, and piece of legislation that militarized the police force, pushed funds into the police force, and pushed funds into the prison system. It’s the very militarization of the police force that makes it easy for police officers to mistreat people of color, African Americans in particular, with their abuse of power.
What is President Bill Clinton's 1994 Crime Bill?
The theory that explains the "vicious cycle" against the African American community by stating how police officers target minorities and impoverished people, which makes the media portray minorities and people of lower socioeconomic status as “dangerous,” thereby forming a public perception and pressure to crack down on minorities and people from lower socioeconomic status, then the cycle continues to repeat itself.
What is labelling theory?
A form of activism used to participate politically, rather through voting or protesting to encourage certain leaders or legislation.
What is political activism?