Plot Points
Who was Ribas talking to in the beginning of the chapter and about what?
She was talking to Cristina about the frustrations she was feeling about the ‘privileges’ the African American workers were receiving
What is Racial Alienation?
Racial Alienation is the degree to which group members felt enfranchised or aggrieved
"prejuicio" means...
Prejudice
How many months did Venesa Ribas work at Swines slaughterhouse?
Sixteen months
What is discussed in the middle of the chapter regarding Blumer’s model?
The limitations it faces
Who proposed a new way to view prejudice in regards to the individuals feelings?
Herbert Blumer
"Haragán" means...
He's lazy or sluggish
Around 2000 _____ men and women began arriving to North Carolina after the devistation of Hurricane Mitch
Honduran
To allow the reader to understand racial tention in the workplace, Ribas shared this quote by Waldinger and Lichter... "the degree of tention falls below the level to be expected had blacks precived themselves as being ___" (fill in the blank)
Displaced
Racial Positionsis is...?
a group's perceived “positional arrangement” relative to other ethnicities
"Los moyos no la hacen!" means...
Black people/moyos dont get things done or can't hack it
Racial conflict happens between Latina/os and which race of people?
African Americans
Latinos constantly throughout this chapter have said that "if they were black they wouldnt have to __"
work
Explain Blumers "sense of group position" concept
The perception of threat from an out-group that causes in-group members to react with prejudice.
In the Delmarva Peninsula case, at the Poultry farm, did the firing of an ethnic employee bring the Latinx and African Americans together or pull them a part?
Bring them Together
"things have to be parejas" means...
Things have to be equal
The biggest hog processing plant kills 28,000 hogs a day and has 3,500 employees. How many hogs does Swine's kill and how many people do the have working?
10,500 hogs and 1,200 - 1,500 employees
Marrow said that latinos were thought of as a ___ ___ by African Americans in the work place.
socioeconomic threat.
In the North Carolina case where the Latinx population grew rapidly, did the locals approve or disapprove?
Disapprove
What is the differnce between Negra and Morena
Negra is associated with the African race while Morena is people of Latino decent that have darker skin.
Name only 3 women that Ribas talks about in the book.
Christina, Rosa, Linda, Claudia, Leticia,