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Racism and Sexism: Then and Now

Racism and Sexism: Then and Now. Racism- a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race Sexism- behavior, conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex.

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Racism and Sexism: Then and Now

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  1. Racism and Sexism: Then and Now

  2. Racism- a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race • Sexism- behavior, conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex

  3. Racism: Then and Now • Atlantic Slave Trade • Slavery • Fugitive Slave Act • Jim Crow Laws • Segregation- Brown v. Board of Ed • Redlining/Gerrymandering • Rodney King • ‘Unforced segregation’

  4. Sexism: Then and Now • Roles for women at home- Domestic • Roles for women in the workplace- low wage jobs • Fighting for reform- abolition and voting rights • Seneca Falls Convention • 1920- 19th Amendment • Roles for women today

  5. Are they problems? • Is the problem of racism in the US mostly a thing of the past? 2. Is sexism still present in today's society?

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