Terms
Define tracking.
Some students are placed on a college prep track while others are placed on a vocational track.
What were housing covenants?
When a new community was being built, a covenant was created that declared no homes could be sold or rented to people of color
Which character best epitomized oppositional behavior?
Khalil
What is gentrification?
Blockbuster film that Woodrow Wilson applauded and helped to revive the KKK
Birth of a Nation
1) Cultural Appropriation refers to...
2) Provide an example
the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or society by members of another and typically more dominant people or society.
What is the racial wealth gap?
What government policy is most responsible for the racial wealth gap?
refers to the disparities in wealth accumulation between different racial groups, particularly the gap between White Americans and Black and Hispanic Americans
- redlining made it difficult for blacks to acquire property thus eliminating the potential for generational wealth
Examples of Code Switching in the movie
- when she walks through the hallways
- how she talks with her friend Hailey compared to Kenya
- wearing jordans to prom
- changing her hairstyle at the end of the movie
What is the 13th amendment loophole?
Provide an example from 13th used by southern states to criminalize former slaves and take away their protections provided by the 13th Amendment.
Slavery was outlawed unless used as a punishment for convicted felons
Vagrancy, loitering laws
The School to Prison Pipeline
refers to the policies and practices that disproportionately push students, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds, out of school and into the criminal justice system.
Define blockbusting.
Highlight 2 strategies utilized by real estate agents described in the Color of Law video.
Persuading white people to sell their homes cheaply because people of color are moving into the community
Hiring black men to play loud music while driving in a white neighborhood
Hiring young, black females to push baby carriages in white neighborhoods
Hiring Black people to call white households and ask for a "Black person" in order to give the impression that Black people were moving into the neighborhood
What is Mass Incarceration?
Provide 2 stats from 13th that highlight mass incarceration.
Refers to large numbers of people being put into the prison system and typically harms people of color.
- U.S. has 5% of the world's population but 25% of the world's prisoners
- Black Americans, who make up 6.5% of the U.S. population but 40.2% of the prison population.
- 1 in 3 Black males is expected to go to prison in his lifetime.
- 1 in 17 white males is expected to go to prison in his lifetime.
Define THUG LIFE as portrayed in the movie and provide an example of how it played out in the movie.
"The Hate U Give Little Infants F**** Everybody"
What was Jim Crow?
Provide one example.
Segregated society that limited the opportunities for people of color.
Schools, public accommodations, places of employment, voting, etc all had limited access or outright denied access to people of color.
Identify the difference between being white washed and being a sellout.
Sellout is a conscientious decision to turn your back on your community in an attempt to "fit in" to the mainstream society
People of color who grow up in a white community and have little or no contact with their racial/ethnic community can have difficulty understanding themselves as a person of color
Provide the 3 elements of racial oppression and give an example
#1 - racism is involved
#2 - person of authority is involved
#3 - negative consequences
Identify 4 examples of systematic racism in the schooling system
- unequal punishment
- lack of teachers of color
- lack of diversity in the curriculum
- unequal funding
- achievement gaps
Provide an example of racial oppression from the movie and explain why it's racial oppression and not just racism.
Kahlil being killed by the police officer.
The officer had implicit racial biases as epitomized by his questions towards Khalil (Are you looking to score?), and he is in a position of authority. The consequences were dire as Khalil was killed.
What is White Privilege?
Provide 2 examples.
Societal advantages and benefits that white people typically receive simply because of their racial identity, regardless of other factors like their socioeconomic status or individual merit
Court case initiated by a Mexican-American family that ended segregation in CA
Mendez v Westminster
What is AAVE? When is it used? Why is it, potentially, detrimental for people of color?
African American Vernacular English
It is used primarily when people of color code switch between different social groups as a means of survival and to express solidarity
Identify 5 reasons that lynching was carried out
- maintain the social order, keep Black people in their place
- white solidarity
- vigilante justice
- protect the sanctity of white women
- racial intimidation
- genocide of people of color
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How is Garden Heights an Example of Redlining? Provide 2 examples with each worth 25 points
in the beginning of the movie the voice over said the nearest Walmart was 30 minutes away which explains why her dad owned a grocery store. The neighborhood is considered a food desert, there is a lack of investment from companies which explains why people feel the need to sell drugs to make money because of lack of jobs
What brought an end to segregation, at least legally?
What law banned discrimination in public accommodations and employment?
What got rid of the poll tax?
What banished the literacy test?
What banned discrimination in housing?
Brown v Board of Education case in 1954
CRA of 1964
24th Amendment
VRA of 1965
CRA of 1968
What is oppositional behavior?
Provide an example.
The rejection of mainstream norms and values by people of color who feel rejected by the larger society