Chapter 4: The Theory of Racial Formation
What does "Master Class" have an impact on?
Master class has an impact on race, but also gender oppression, and became a template used to oppress different social groups
Who brought to the New World a race-like ideology centered on demonstrating purity of blood or bloodline (limpieza de sangre)?
Spaniards and Portuguese
What was the Casta System made for?
To establish a social structure based on racial backgrounds.
What is the definition of Latino spin?
Latino studies perspective on the production and circulation of more marketable representations of U.S. Lations
What did the 'Conquest' play a huge role in?
The Conquest played a huge role in African slavery during the African Slave Trade
What needed to be approved once the crown was issued "proof" of clean blood/bloodlines?
Petitions also know as gracias al sacar
By the end of the Spanish colonial period what majority population made up Latin America and the Caribbean?
Africans and indigenous people
What percentage of Latinos identified as white in the 2000 census?
48%
Name one social movement that was inspired from the Black Movement
Student Movement
Gay Liberation Movement
Anti-War Movement
Women's Movement
Before the reinforcement of the Eurocentric notion of race, what were the three most important ideologies when classifying people?
Ethnocentrism, cultural biases, and stereotypical views
"Bloodthirsty" and "Noble"
What term highlights different ways second generation immigrants assimilate to American values?
segmented assimilation
What is Racialization?
The extension of racial meaning to previously racially unclassified relationships, social classes or groups
What huge event led to racism being less explicit in the law and helped it become more concealed?
The Civil Rights Act