Housing
Communities that were all “minority or” in the process of integrating received the lowest rating from the FHA. This process was called
What is redlining?
According to Williams and Collins what is the primary cause of health disparities --
What is segregation because it leads to concentration of poverty and confinement to unhealthy environments
'Refers to any policy, practice, or directive that differentially affects or disadvantages (whether intended or unintended) individuals, groups, or communities based on race or color”
What is environmental racism
According to The House We Live in, this group was in the process of securing whiteness in the 1930s-1940s and was thus an “in between people”
Who are Irish, Italians, Jews
At current pace, how many years would it take African Americans “to build the wealth of a white family today”
What is 228 years
Between 1934 and 1962, the federal government underwrote 120 billion dollars in new housing, of which ________ went to people of color
What is less than 2%
Because it was so commonplace, the forced sterilization of black women in the South is often referred to as
What is Mississippi appendectomy?
This refers to a community in Louisiana, where there are over 200 chemical plants and where black communities have high rates of cancer
What is cancer alley
According to The House We Live in and course readings, wealth and health disparities are primarily the result of
What is housing discrimination?
White families have _______ times the wealth of black families (according to Pew)
What is 20?
When real estate agents prey on the racial fears of white homeowners to get them to sell their homes quickly, for less than market value
What is blockbusting
Having rates as high as 50 percent, which community has highest rates of diabetes in the world
What is Tohono O’odham and Pimma Indians
Black families making 50-60 K are more likely to live in polluted neighborhoods than white families who make ___ per year
What is 10,000 dollars?
According to research, black/white differences in income, education, and unemployment with virtually disappear if you eliminated this
What is housing segregation?
Wealth disparities are primarily the result of this?
What is HOUSING DISCRIMINATION
This leads to a process that Coates describes as social engineering
What is White Flight
Percentage of ___ Native Americans, __ African American, and ___ Puerto Rican women who experienced forced sterilization
What is 33%, 30%, and 35%
The lead poisoning of Flint’s water impacted families in what specific ways
What is lower fertility rates; increased infant morality; cognitive delays; reduced test scores; increased ADHD; more likely to drop out of school and be locked up in juvenile justice system
The Supreme Court ruled that he was not eligible to be a citizen since "according to Science,” he was not white
Who is Takao Ozawa?
Patrick Sharkey’s research shows that black families making $_____ typically live in the kinds of neighborhoods inhabited by white families making 30,000
What is $100,000
Describes process where blacks and Latinos home buyers and renters are typically offered less information; given fewer options; shown properties in different neighborhoods; given less help with financing; required to pay more all while receiving less in terms of quality of house and neighborhood
What is steering
These factors contribute to racial health disparities?
What are social determinants of health; environment; everyday racism; access to health care; implicit bias in treatment; segregation
This refers to process whereby wealthy people are pushing low-income households out of neighborhoods impacted by climate change
What is climate gentrification
This Supreme Court case, which along with Ozawa led to loss of farm land among Japanese farmers, ruled that he was not eligible to be a citizen since "in accordance with the understanding of the common man,” he was not white
What is Bhagat Singh Thind?
In 1920, 1 in ___ farmers in the U.S. was African-American. Collectively, they owned nearly ___ million acres. Discrimination, institutional racism, violence, terror and the resulting great migration to the North led to massive decline in black farmers and dispossession of wealth
What is 7 and 15
A note: By 2007, the number of African-American farmers had reached 1 in ____, collectively owning only ___ million acres – 70/4.2
It led home value in the 8-mile neighborhood (Detroit) to increase
What is building a 6-foot wall
Generally speaking, this group has the best overall health in the U.S.
What is recent Latino immigrants.
This is known as the Latino Paradox
“The principle that all people are entitled to equal environmental protection regardless of race, color or national origin. It’s the right to live and work and play in a clean environment.”
What is Environmental Justice
Amid the 1000s of lynchings, majority whose victims were African American, that took place throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he was accused of raping a white girl. Subsequently, a mob broke into the jail and hanged him. This lynching led one Black writer to ask, “Is the Jew a White Man?"
Who is Leo Frank?
Percentage of person's wealth located in person's home
What is 2/3?