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Understanding Diversity and Discrimination in American Society

Explore the history of race-based discrimination in the United States and the impact on minority groups like African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and women. Learn about segregation laws, landmark Supreme Court decisions, and the fight for equality. Discover the complexity of a heterogeneous society and the ongoing challenges faced by different minority groups.

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Understanding Diversity and Discrimination in American Society

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  1. Warm-Ups 02/18 • These need to go in UNIT III Warm-Ups Section • What Supreme Court decision stated “separate but, equal?” • What Supreme Court decision decided that all schools should be integrated?

  2. Warm-Ups 03/01 Name the largest minority group in the United States. What group is the fastest growing minority group in the US?

  3. 21.1 – Diversity & Discrimination in American Society

  4. Heterogeneous Society • A.K.A. Mixed, Melting Pot, etc. • Historically, the U.S. has been predominately Caucasian (1790, 1st Census – 4 out of 5 people were Caucasian) • Immigration has changed the composition of the U.S. population throughout history

  5. Race-Based Discrimination • White Americans, historically, have been reluctant to give equal rights to African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Women

  6. African Americans: Why such a focus? • 2nd Largest minority group • Victims of consistent and deliberate unjust treatment for a longer time than most • Most gains in guaranteeing equality have come from effects made by African Americans

  7. Native Americans • Historically, Native Americans have been pushed from there ancestral lands to the Great Plains • Forced on to reservations • Poverty, joblessness, and alcoholism are just a few consequences of the overwhelming discrimination

  8. Hispanic Americans (Spanish Speaking) • Largest and 2nd fastest growing minority • Divisions: (1) Mexican Americans, (2) Puerto Ricans, (3) Cuban Americans, and (4) Central & South Americans

  9. Asian Americans • Assimilation: process by which people merge into and become part of another culture • 1850’s: 1st arrived as miners • Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) • Japanese Internment Camps (World War II) • Today, fastest growing population

  10. Women • Majority group • Historically, women have not enjoyed the same rights as men (property rights, education, employment, suffrage, etc.) • Women’s Suffrage – 19th Amendment • Equal Pay Act of 1963 • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Still, today, women earn less than men • Why? • Discrimination, history, motherhood, etc. • On average, a woman earn 80¢ for every $1 a man earns • Historically, only low-paying jobs were available to women

  11. 21.2 – Equality Before the Law

  12. Equal Protection Clause • 14th Amendment: “No state shall…deny…equal protection of the laws.” • Reasonable Classification • Government CAN discriminate reasonably • Example: taking away rights/privileges of prisoners • Government CAN NOT discriminate unreasonably • Example: every state taxes cigarettes, they can’t only tax male smokers

  13. Segregation in American • Separation of one group from another • Example: Jim Crow Laws were enforced to segregate African Americans from whites • Separate-but-Equal Doctrine • Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896: decided that equal facilities will be provided for both blacks and whites – justified segregation by race • Brown v. Board of Education, 1954: reversed the Plessy v. Ferguson decision; called for desegregation (integration) • De Jure, De Facto Segregation • De Jure Segregation: Segregation by law • De Facto Segregation: Segregation, even if no law requires it

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