Race and Class Slides 1
Race and Class Slides 2
Book Terms
13th Doc
100
A collection of individuals and groups identified by national origin, cultural distinctiveness, racial characteristics or religious affiliation.
What is ethnicity
100
Racism
What is The belief that people are inherently superior or inferior to others based on their racial group and these differences presumably explain behaviors and abilities.
100
social class
What is stratum of people of similar position and social status continuum
100
3 strikes rule in California
What is after a "3rd strike" a person would have to spend life in prison
200
one group denies another group access to the resources of society over an extensive period of time
What is oppression
200
This is the largest minority group in the US
What is Latinos/Hispanics
200
bourgeoisie and proletariat
What is owned the means of production and workers ( who sell their labor to make a wage)
200
This is the decade which marks the beginning of "mass incarceration"
1970s
300
Difference between prejudice and discrimination
What is the former is concerned about attitudes about a certain group while the latter is about actions directed towards a certain group
300
Critical Race Theory believes what to be true about racism
What is that is is normal, not an aberration
300
This makes a person black when we use biological definition of race
What is one-drop rule (single drop of blood from any black descendant upon physical examination can mean you are "black")
300
5% and 25% represent facts about U.S. population and prison
What is the U.S. is 5% of the world's population but it holds 25% of the world's prison population
400
Deconstruction
What is exposes a concept as ideological or culturally constructed rather than natural or a simple reflection of realty
400
refers to particular forms of intersecting oppressions such as oppression by race and oppression by gender
What is intersectionality
400
This racial/ethnic group is considered the "model minority"
What is Asian
400
This concept discusses in the combination of immigration policy and criminal justice system which is criminalizing and consequently detaining and jailing of unauthorized immigrants in detention centers which model prisons
What is "crimmigation"
500
This why CRT uses storytelling as a technique for social change
What is well-told stories of the reality of racial minorities’ lives can help audience bridge the gap between their worlds and those of others.
500
Of the Asian ethnic groups, these are the most likely to be considered "model minorities"
What is Koreans, Japanese, and Chinese
500
acknowledges that racist behavioral patterns or consequences may have structural aspects that systematically stratify society (Daily Double)
What is institutional racism
500
The disparity between grams of crack and powder cocaine that amounted to same amount of time in prison and what was the main reason why
What is 1 gram of crack to 100 grams of cocaine. Class and race divisions in who uses each.