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Curse |
a prayer or invocation for harm or injury to come upon one; a cause of great harm or misfortune |
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Hamatic Curse |
biblical interpretation that God cursed Blacks with the colour of their skin because Ham cursed God (genesis 9:18-27) |
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Theoretical perspective |
a set of assumptions about reality that inform the questions we asks and the answer we get; a lens through which we look |
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Looking glass self |
the process of evaluating yourself based on how others see them |
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Issues with theoretical perspective |
* knowledge is socially situated * marginalized groups are socially situated in ways that make them aware of things and ask questions that non-marginalized wouldn't *research, especially regarding power, should begin with the marginalized |
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Social movement |
a type of group action |
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Counter movements |
attempts to critique / dismantle hegemonic power |
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Areas of social movements |
* democratic (political) * labour (workplace) * ecological (environment) * peace |
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Revolutionary social movement |
for revolutionary reform; gaining some state control |
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Reformative social movement |
minor changes |
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Redemptive social movement |
radical in scope, focusing on the individual
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Four stages of a social movement |
1) EMERGENCE - event symbolising dissatisfaction of permanent underclass 2) COALESCENCE - movement gains popularity 3) BUREAUCRATIZATION - ruling regime quash the movement by incorporating leaders into it 4) DECLINE - ruling regime succeeds in dismantling the movement |
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The longest social movement was... |
the Trans-Atlantic slave trade |
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The literal meaning of Ku Klux Klan is... |
small circle family |
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Miscengenation |
having children when you are from two different racial backgrounds |
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The 'Negro Question' is ... |
"What should be done with the presence of the troublesome Negro for maximum exploitation?" |
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1896 Plessy vs Ferguson led to the creation of ... |
the Jim Crow laws - 'separate but equal' |
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Black codes |
the return to slavery under another name, keeping the rules of the plantation |
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1876 Tilden Hayes Agreement was... |
Hayes was allowed to be president, so long as he removed the federal troops from the South, leading to the increase of lynching |
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1890/91 Monhonk Conference was... |
a conference which discussed how to deal with the 'Negro Question' |
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What were the practical outcomes of the conference? |
* established the race question * justified discrimination rather than caste * accommodation as principle |
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What was the "Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World"? |
* written by Marcus Garvey * listed the complaints and demands that UNIA wanted as a black nation |
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"The Doll Test" was ... |
They gave black children a white and black doll and asked them which they preferred - many chose the white dolls |
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What does nadir mean? |
the worst part |
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When was the first Great Migration? |
From the 1910s to the 1940s |
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What was the Red Summer of 1919 |
it was a period of growing tensions over the Great Migration - public spaces became even more dangerous |
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What were the Pittsburgh Courier and Chicago Defender? |
they were two prominent black newspaper |
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Events within the EMERGENCE of the Civil Rights Movement |
* Brown vs Board 1954 * Murder of Emmett Till 1955 * Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955 - 56 |
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Intergenerational discontinuity is ... |
disagreement between age groups |
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De Facto |
a state of affairs that is true in fact |
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De Jure |
a state of affairs that is in accordance with law |
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Fundamental goals of the civil rights movement |
- INCORPORATE into existing institutions - CHANGE traditional ideologies of inferiority - TRANSFORM the lives of the permanent underclass - END Jim Crow` |
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The Church provided ... |
Connection to spirituality Major gathering places Financial aid |
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What was the issue in leadership? |
They were predominantly educated males from well off backgrounds |
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What is the difference between integration and desegregation? |
desegregation - legally binding integration - acceptance and enforcing |
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Why was the Bus Boycott so effective? |
It was racially dominant economically, politically and socially |
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How long did the Bus Boycott last? |
381 days |
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Who was Claudette Colvin? |
She was a 15 year old girl who also refused to give up her seat, but she wasn't a good image for the movement, because she was pregnant |
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When was the Little Rock 9? |
1957 - Little Rock, Arkansas |
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When were the Woolworths lunch counter sit-ins? |
Started Feb 1st 1960 |
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What is gradualism? |
focusing on one area at a time gradual reform rather than revolution |
