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31 Cards in this Set
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What are the disadvantages of Latino immigrants in the job market? |
They lack education, training, experience and seniority of the workers. They take lower wage jobs which have harder work. |
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What are the major culture values that make up the Latino culture? |
Share common language and religion, most Latinos are multicultural. Marianismo, dignidad. More casual attitude towards time than anglos &negative attitude towards rushing. |
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Machismo |
Masculinity in latiinos. Mug on face, brave, leader, sexual powers measures manhood. Great provider, reliable, independent, can't except charity. |
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Marianismo |
Latin femininity. Acceptance of male dominance, family responsibility, nurturing. |
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Dignidad |
Latino belief, All humans are entitled to respect |
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What factors pushed and pulled Latinos groups here |
Mexican- poverty in mexico and easy ways to get to the us and have an opportunity to work Puerto rican- the calapse of their sugar business, open access to the us Cubans- they were refugees |
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What was the zoot suit riot and why was it a form of institutional discrimination? |
Zoot suit was a flashy suit. Started with a club fight, turned into anit- Mexican frenzy. |
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Why do Puerto Ricans have a harder time assimilating? |
Because its raiser for them to go back to their homeland, they never loose their culture. |
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Demographically, how do Cuban Americans compare to Hispanics? |
They are the smallest in Latino immigrants. |
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Why do Latinos have such low rates of high school and college graduation? |
Hard time assimilating, cultural stucture |
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What is the conflict theory's perspective, what Will eliminate economic and social oppersion? |
Protest movements, organized resistance and flex their political muscle. |
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Which 2 states did Latinos and Asians migrate? |
California and new york |
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What program brought Mexican migrants to working the us temp. In the 1950's? |
The bracero program- gave Mexicans temp. Visas to work. |
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What led nearly 1/2 million puerto Rican migrants to us? |
The calapse of their sugur industry |
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How are Jews different from any other minority in the us? |
They are not a specific religion, race, ethnicity to bond them. |
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Why have the Jewish immigrants done so much better than most "non-western" immigrants? |
They already had skills and had the same values at us |
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How did the pre established Jews treat the new wave when they arrived? |
They despised them, because of the progroms that happened, which separated Jews. |
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What prompted the Mormons to move to Utah? |
Normans had a political power in Utah, they were being attacked for multiple marriages and Utah was a safe place. |
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When did sexism emerge as a major public concern in the us? |
When women protested for the right to vote and when world war 2 started they needed women to work |
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What type of legal discrimination did women endure? |
The right to vote, the right for equal pay, no women in office, sexual harassment |
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How did the glass ceiling affect women in executive positions in fortune 500 companies in 2005 & 2012? |
It made it almost impossible to promote to a hire position than executive vp, in 2012 it was the highest but still low compared to males. |
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How have women been oppressed by the media? |
They still have the stereotypical norms of roles of women and men. |
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What is the 2nd shift and mommy track? How does these practices opress american women? |
2nd shift- after work the domestic duties Mommy track- either you can choose no kid and pick up more work or have a kid and have limits |
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How did doctors first categorize and view homosexuality in the late 1800's? |
As a abnormality or mental illness, sick or perverted |
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Disability the traditional model |
Witch craft, demons, sinners fault |
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Disability medical model |
They "can't" they are too weak |
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Disability social model |
The movement to accommodate people who have disabilities Ramps, bus lifts |
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Which social/political force led to the reaction to the social model of disability? |
The independent living movement in 1970 american disability act in 1990- discrimination against working The rehabilitation act in 1973- government benefits can not exclude |
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Why is it so easy to get around age discrimitive laws? |
Creating different job tittles, saying people are over qualified |
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Which social problem are currently more likely tobplague the elderly in the us than general population? |
Suicide they are about 4-5x more likely |
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What decade experienced the highest migration rate? |
1901-1910 and 2001-2010 |
