Eugenics
Bad hair is very curly, black hair, or an afro. Good hair is somewhat straight or light hair that most white people have.
Which race is the model minority narrative directed to / about?
Asians. The myth assumed that Asian Americans' perseverance, strong work ethic, and general determination to succeed were extensions of their supposedly quiet natures, rather than common characteristics among most immigrants.
TRUE OR FALSE Tarzan was originally made to portray racist ideas.
TRUE Tarzan protects a White woman named Jane from ravishing Black men and apes all around her. Tarzan goes to teach his children, the Africans, how to fight and grow food.
What word in the constitution left out all people of color.
The word “man” left out people of color because at the time slaves and people of color were not considered human.
What are HBCUs?
A school where people of color and minorities are able to be in a school with people that look like them.
Earlier in history what was believed that people of color needed to be happy?
In 1851 a racist belief said that people of color needed the assistance of a white person in order to achieve happiness.
True or False In the mid 1700’s Linneas made a racist ladder that argued that black people are not human.
TRUE
What group did the movie Peter Pan negatively stereotype and negatively portray?
NATIVE AMERICANS In``What makes the red man red?” there is excessive stereotypical dancing and wrongfully made their skin bright red.
In 1870 what groups were allowed naturalization?
Only white people at this time were eligible for naturalization.
What was the original intent of IQ, SAT and other standardized tests?
These tests were put in place to prove black intellectual inferiority
What group of people started the eugenics movement?
Segregationists. “Davenport sought to prove one of the most oppressive figments of the human imagination: that personality and mental traits were inherited, and that superior racial groups inherited superior traits.”
What did John Martin claim the people of color have the special ability of?
Dance critic John Martin said that black people had natural dancing ability and rhythm in hip hop. “For blacks, the ability to dance was intrinsic and innate. They had a natural racial rhythm, and struggled to learn more technical dance styles.”
an American form of racist entertainment developed in the early 19th century. Each show consisted of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music performances that depicted people specifically of African descent. The shows were performed by mostly white people in make-up or blackface for the purpose of playing the role of black people.
Minstrel Shows
What is redlining?
Illegal discriminatory practice in which a mortgage lender denies loans or an insurance provider restricts services to certain areas of a community, often because of the racial characteristics of the applicant's neighborhood.
How did Jack Johnson change the sport of boxing?
Before this time boxing was a white sport. Jackson started to dominate all his competition, but then the media said that boxing was a “black” sport so he had an advantage.
Why were POC discredited for their hard work in the olympics?
During the olympics people were discriminating against black people, they said that rather than all their hard work and training, their success in races were because “It was not long ago that his ability to sprint and jump was a life and death matter to him in the jungle.”
What popular book published in 1961 helped the media understand the power of false racial ideas?
In a time of so much bad media surrounding black people, To kill a mockingbird came out, a story of a white lawyer defending a black man wrongly accused of raping a white woman. “Rousing millions of readers for the racial struggle through the amazing power of racist ideas.”
What race did Chinese children have to claim in order to gain naturalization?
In 1925, only black and white were recognized as the major races that were eligible for naturalization. “ Given their social and legal negroization, it may have been easier for the Chinese and other immigrants to argue their qualification for citizenship as blacks rather than whites.”
TRUE OR FALSE POC were discriminated against and discouraged in schools?
TRUE “They were customarily shutting out black scholars as being too subjective and biased to study Black people. It was amazing that the same scholars and philanthropists saw no problem with White scholars studying white people…”
What Toni Morrision book showed the internal struggle of a black woman yearning to meet the white beauty standards?
The Bluest Eye
In 1933 what did the NAACP think would end discrimination in courts?
The NAACP has an idea that if they presented “clean cut” black people, or lighter blacks who might appeal to white judges, will have a better chance of winning at court. “The NAACP into a top-down litigating and lobbying outfit that put refined folks like himself before courts and politicians to persuade the White judges and legislators to end racial discrimination.”