Race is best understood as this type of concept
Social construct
An alternative term to "at-risk"
At-Promise
The belief that race no longer matters
Colorblind racism
Reasons people are forced to leave countries
Push factors
Groups working together across race, class, or other forms of division
Solidarity
This theory explains how race is created and changes over time
Racial Formation Theory
An alternative to the term dropout. Explain it
Pushout. Blame not on student
“Everyone has equal opportunity” reflects this
Abstract liberalism
Theory that expects immigrants to adopt dominant culture
Assimilation
This example showed multiracial organizing in Chicago
Rainbow Coalition
This process assigns meaning to groups (dangerous, smart, etc.)
Racialization
The California case that desegregated schools for Mexican American children and influenced desegregation statewide
Mendez et. al v. Westminster
“People stick with their own kind” reflects this
Naturalization
Maintaining identity while gaining access
Integration
Survivors sharing their stories about boarding schools represents this Ethnic Studies tool:
Storytelling
Race: The Power of an Illusion, argues that humans are remarkably similar genetically, regardless of race. The series highlights that any two human beings are approximately what percent identical at the DNA level
99.9%
School discipline systems are often connected to this larger system
Prison system
Blaming inequality on culture reflects this
Cultural racism
Multiple cultures coexisting without losing identity
Pluralism
Name 3 forms of resistance
EX. cultural preservation, storytelling, lowriding
If race shapes housing and education outcomes, this suggests race operates at this level:
Structural
How are schools funded and why is it problematic?
Property taxes. Wealth = Good Schools
“Racism isn’t as bad anymore” reflects this
Minimization of racism
Explain what these images reveal about manifest destiny
The myth of manifest destiny
Solidarity is strongest when it is based on this:
Shared struggle and understanding