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11 Cards in this Set
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Education |
- less quantity/ quality -blacks more likely to drop out of school sooner -drop: insensitive teachers/ administarators, poor counseling, over crowing, dilapidated buildings -school segregation- defacto residential areas -1954 Brown vs board of education- separate not equal -bus took black and white to same school -white attends 80% white school -1960s school become all Mexican white or all black -2000 says black less likely to have white classmates compare to 1970 -blacks put in general whites college prep -blacks classified learning disability/emotionally disturbed |
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Higher education |
-black student more likely to be part/need financial aid -Negative forming black college=2006 1/4 college grads -upward trend decline due to *reduction finance *higher standard not provided remedial course -work instead to help family - negative publicity discourage -growth of radical incidents on white campuses -need role models Major concerns: need quality education |
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economic picture |
-2008 median income 34,218 In comparison to whites 74,102 -2008 24.7 lived below poverty vs Wht 8.6 -blk fam 3x be poor -owning home= build wealth, lower income, and discrimination -assets help in short term crisis and help other fam members |
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Emplyoment |
-1990 blacks 6-11% in comparison to 3-5%whites 16-24 rate 30% central cities - unemployment- 90% overqualified/ not worrying enough -12.4% pop -less than 6% high paying jobs -15% janitors, cooks, maids etc |
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Family life |
-reflects~ stability and legacy of racism and low self esteem -female head of house 51.6% - lack of father income and poor -share economic resources w/extended fam, pooling limited econ resources -black teen moms no husband kids live with grandparents Strengths 1) strong bonds- care for children and elderly 2) strong work orientation-more than one earn 3) adaptivity of family roles- women primarily earns 4) religious - |
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African American middle class |
-23% still aware of racism -1 generation have 2 incomes closer to lower financial -William j Wilson- class determins your life not race |
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Housing |
-White personal preference/ black restrictions -1968 federal housing law outlawed home discrimination -residential segregation whites and blacks go to different school -1993 Massey & Denton racial segregation still existed American aloowd it -1990 reclining practice of discrimination against people trying to buy homes in poor neighborhoods -affects getting loans |
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Zoning laws |
Legal provision stimulating land use minorities kept out of suburbs |
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Criminal justice |
-Black lawyer 5%, inmates 39% -28% arrested -Conflict theory= poor no$ lawyer -70 whites violent crime -victimization theory- black 35 more victims of violent crime -differential justice-- easy on whites -Victim discounting--crimeless important of minorities |
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Health care |
-2/3 boys in Harlem can expect to die before 45 -stress heart disease cancer Higher rates of: heart disease, diabetes, cancer. Pneumonia, 2x die stroke -woman 76.5 men 69.5 life expectancy -Waitzkin 1986 racial tension causes medical problems -environment racism- live near exposed toxins |
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Politics |
38 in Congress Gerrymandering dressing districts to create politically advantageous outcomes 2003 supreme court all minority influence in political process |
