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In your web make a list of discriminatory terms

In your web make a list of discriminatory terms. Discrimination in America. White House. Application of a Theory. Conflict: Functionalists Interactionist. Residents of the White House.

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In your web make a list of discriminatory terms

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  1. In your web make a list of discriminatory terms

  2. Discrimination in America

  3. White House

  4. Application of a Theory • Conflict: • Functionalists • Interactionist

  5. Residents of the White House

  6. DISCRIMINATIONdenying opportunities or rights because of prejudice (and racism, sexism, homophobia, etc.)

  7. Origins and Implications of Race Race is Constructed • Racial categories & boundaries are not natural but created • Constructions of race and politicized nature of language go together • There is always political contestation over categories – who is in a group, who is out, what their boundaries are, how many groups there are, what their names are • Group names & definitions & boundaries in the US today are fluid, shifting

  8. Interpret this Quote O, yes,I say it plain,America never was America to me,And yet I swear this oath—America will be! —From Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes

  9. On the back of your webChoose a quote that moves you and interpret it in your HEAD • Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. • Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by color. • Racism isn’t born, folks, it’s taught. • The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery. • Accomplishments have no color. • I swear to the Lord I still can't see Why Democracy meansEverybody but me

  10. Whipped Slave

  11. Percentage of White students who described blacks as “ignorant”:Think Pair Share: Why has societal attitudes changed? 1933 – 38% 1951 – 24% 1967 – 11% 1982 – 10% 1988 – 6% 1990 – 5% 1996 – 2%

  12. What story do you tell yourself about these numbers?Think Pair Share How might discrimination be an affect of the unemployment rate? Unemployment Rate June 2009 White - 8.7 percent Black - 14.7 percent Hispanic - 12.2 percent Asian - 8.4 percent Native Amer. - highest

  13. Researchers sent out 5,000 resumes that were identical except for the name.Which set of job applications were less likely to receive a response?Why Group One Group Two First Study • Marianne • Brett • Greg • Jill • Anne • Emily • Amanda • Neil • Tamika • Ebony • Aisha • Rasheed • Kareem • Julio • Malika • Sharnise

  14. Those resumes with white sounding names elicited 50 percent more responses than resumes with black/brown sounding names:1:10 vs. 1:15What response would people receive who are named Ahmed, Ali, Reza, Abdullah, Maryam, or Nura?

  15. “The Mark of a Criminal Record” Issue: Over 2 million people are currently incarcerated in U.S. 95% of all inmates are eventually released Over 12 million ex-felons live in the U.S. Roughly 8% of the working-age population Research Question What are the employment outcomes of black and white men when they have a criminal record? Second Study

  16. “The Mark of a Criminal Record” The white and black men took turns claiming to have a criminal record Felony drug charge (possession with intent to distribute cocaine) 18 months in prison Out of 350 job possibilities, which group (white or black) received the most call backs?

  17. “The Mark of a Criminal”Percent Receiving Callbacks

  18. Our Readings • Page 166 Three Thousand Death Song • Answer the questions on the back of your web • Homework the Psychology of Racism • Answer questions • One page double spaced essay application of theory toward racism

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