Class10a
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This document defines key terms related to race and ethnicity, discusses the history and experiences of African Americans in the United States, including the Great Migration, and the system of apartheid in South Africa. It also covers how race has been categorized in the US Census over time.
Class10a
- 1. Race/ethnicity and territory African-Americans and Africans Apartheid and South Africa Race and the Census Class 10a: Race and ethnicity
- 2. Definitions Race: A genetically distinct population Traits are passed on biologically Racism: based on biological inferiority Ethnicity: A historically and culturally distinct population Similar to nations Usually describes minority groups
- 3. Ethnicity in the U.S. African-American (13%) Hispanic (11%) Asian-American (4%) American Indian (1%)
- 5. African-Americans Three migrations at three scales Forced migration from Africa 1619-1863: over 10 million Africans Source of labor for plantations Triangle trade
- 7. African-Americans: Great Migration Push of poverty, cotton mechanization Pull of jobs, tolerance 1910s-1920s; 1940s-1950s Followed main transportation routes Maintained strong connections to home
- 8. African-Americans: Great Migration Push of poverty, cotton mechanization, segregation Pull of jobs, tolerance 1910s-1920s; 1940s-1950s Followed main transportation routes Maintained strong connections to home
- 10. African-Americans: Urban ghettos Extreme overcrowding (100,000 per square mile, not 10) Restrictive covenants Redlining of black neighborhoods City-within-a-city White flight and blockbusting (after Brown vs. Board of Ed )
- 14. New Africans in America Black ≠ African-American Recent migrants from Africa, Caribbean Tension between two groups But seen as same by whites
- 16. South Africa and apartheid Dutch, British colonists Refusal of Afrikaners to allow black rule Strict segregation by race (1948) White (13%), black (76%), colored Homes, school, jobs, stores, land, ambulances
- 17. South Africa and apartheid Blacks could not vote or run for office Whites-only jobs, territories Blacks needed papers to travel Homelands or bantustans
- 19. South Africa and apartheid Economic sanctions from 1978 Prohibitions on international competitions 1984: some restrictions lifted 1991: apartheid declared over 1994: Nelson Mandela first black president
- 21. Race in the Census Included since 1790 Census (3/5 Compromise) 1850-1900: mulatto, quadroon, octoroon 1930: Mexican 1960-1980: Hispanic listed as white 2000: multiple boxes allowed (7 million) Long form includes “ancestry”
- 22. Race in the Census Asian = race Multiple ethnicities within one race African-American, black = race Only one category Hispanic = ethnicity Multiple ethnicities, one race