University of Phoenix Material Appendix E Part I Define the following terms: Term |Definition | |Racial formation | | | |an analytical tool in sociology, developed by Michael Omi and Howard Winant, which is used to look | | |at race as a socially constructed identity, where the content and importance of racial categories | | |is determined by social, economic, and political forces | |Segregation |refers to setting apart or separating things or people | |De jure segregation |segregation that is imposed by law | |Pluralism |is used, often in different ways, across a wide range of topics to denote a diversity of views, and| | |stands in opposition to one single approach or method of interpretation | |Assimilation |”to render similar” | Part II Answer the following questions in 150 to 350 words each: • Throughout most of U. S. history in most locations, what race has been the majority? What is the common ancestral background of most members of this group? The white race has been the majority throughout most of U. S. history in most locations.
The common ancestral background of most members of this group is European. The white race has been the overpowering race in most locations. They have been in control and continue to try to control the racial grounds. They used slavery to try and hold people of color back so that they could not take over or have any rights. • What are some of the larger racial minorities in U. S. history? What have been the common ancestral backgrounds of each of these groups? When did each become a significant or notable minority group? There are 3 major examples of minority groups who came to the United States under similar circumstances and for similar reasons. These racial groupings come from Asia, Africa and Central America.
The Essay on Social Construction Race Racial Classify
Where Did Race Come From Jeffrey M. Fish, a psychologist who studied Brazilian culture and how they classify themselves stated that different cultures classify physical differences in different ways. We classify these differences as race, but there is no such thing as race. Race is just a myth. Americans believe that Asians, blacks, Hispanics, and whites constitute biological entities called ...
Each of these groups come from countries undergoing a great deal of turmoil (Africa being subjugated under colonialism, China under imperial rule, and central America undergoing a terror in the form drug cartels undermining the government and the government repressing the citizenry as a result).
Each became a more notable minority when they were able to move beyond being a source of inexpensive labor and a large proportion of the migrant population gain citizenship and become enfranchised (gain the right to vote).
• In what ways have laws been used to enforce discrimination? Provide examples. These laws were intended against which racial minorities? In the courts, affirmative action discriminates against Hispanics and Blacks and gives them 20 percent longer sentences, targets their neighborhoods, weakens minority neighborhoods electorally and racially profiles.
They fill prisons with low-level offenders for petty drug offenses and uses illegal searches in some states; where those crimes have decriminalized and disproportionately targets minority youths in cases where white youths would be dealt with informally. • In what ways have laws been used to eliminate discrimination? Provide examples. Did the laws work to eliminate discrimination? Civil right laws were created to protect ones rights against personal discrimination based on who you were. They were put in place so that everyone was given a fair chance at employment, housing, education, etc. They do work but there is always that case that no one will find out about, because the person may not even know they were discriminated against, or they do and cannot prove it.
The Essay on Affirmative Action Discrimination Minorities 2005
... necessary to integrate fields traditionally closed and minorities because of discrimination. Does achieving these goals help the American ... qualified people. Increasing opportunities for a minority that has suffered past discrimination is the cause for affirmative action, ... action saying, "that civil rights laws alone are not enough to remedy discrimination" (Brunner). Supporters of affirmative action ...
