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42 Cards in this Set
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When was anti-asian violence the highest? |
1980's |
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Ethnoviolence |
Violent attacks against members of the disliked race |
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Anti-asian violence was a major factor in the formation of |
pan-asian coalition |
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Vincint chin case |
2 white out of work detroit autoworker blamed asians for their job loss and beat him to death, spent no jail time, and helped to solidify pan-asian movement |
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Model minority |
minority groups that have ostensibly achieved a high level of success in contemporary american society (Asians) |
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What is the problem with the model minority myth? |
Hides the differences in social conditions among different asian american groups and is used as justification for existing racial inequality |
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Asian americans are considered to be |
Forever foreigner |
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Asian americans in the media |
Under represented in lead roles, lack of character depth, roles conform to racial stereotypes |
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1st wave of great migration |
the "old immigration" 1820's to 1880's |
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2nd wave of great migration |
the "new immigration" 1880's to 1920's |
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3rd wave of great migration |
post 1965 |
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In the 18th century, Germans mainly settled in |
Pennsylvania and other midatlantic states |
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19th century Germans settled in |
the midwest and the formation of Germantown communities |
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The irish were the first |
large immigration of non protestants, peasant cultural background |
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Italians manly came from |
southern Italy |
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Jews cam from |
Russia, Poland, and other eastern european nations |
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Italians were ill prepared for |
urban jobs |
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"Cultural explanation" for differences between Jewish and Italian immigrants |
Jews valued education leading them into higher paying skilled jobs while Italians valued family and loyalty which led them into hardships in an industrialized culture |
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"Structural explanation" for differences between Jewish and Italian immigrants |
Prior Jewish occupational status allowed for rapid entry in high paying job market while Italians former peasant status did not |
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Intermarriage illegal in 16 states until |
1967; Loving vs. Virginia |
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Historically and today, which are the two groups least likely to intermarry with each other? |
Blacks and Whites |
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Border patrolling |
"Patrolling" the racial boundaries to prevent mixing |
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White patrolling |
ensuring racial "purity," privilege, power |
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Black patrolling |
maintaining loyalty to the race and to cultural identity |
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Why are their more biracial americans? |
More willing to report biracial origins and there is more interracial marriage |
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The three generation hypothesis |
Ethnic revival among the third generation |
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1.5 generation |
foreign born immigrants who come under the age of 10 |
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2.5 generation |
One native parent and one foreign born parent |
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Transnationalism |
sustained ties of persons and networks across international borders that is more intense among today's immigrants than previously |
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Social Capital |
resources available to a individual or group through social relationships, networks, and institutions that tend to promote integration |
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Segmented assimilation |
Variety of immigrant life outcomes, one model does not fit all groups or even every member of any group |
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3 patterns of segmented assimilation |
Quick upwards mobility and integration into the main stream, downward assimilation, limited or selective assimilation |
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downward assimilation because... |
limited resources, lack of stable employment or not enough income, weak community ties / limited mutual assistance |
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Limited or selective assimilation |
immigrants parents support their educational success, also reinforce traditional cultural values, parents try to limit acculturation into american youth subculture |
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Immigrants have an effect on the _______ segment of the labor market |
lower |
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Immigrants create.... |
many new jobs |
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Different roles in the economy by immigrants means that there is... |
not much direct competition with native workers |
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In some major immigrant receiving state the costs are ______ than the contributions which are ________ by ________ |
greater, offset, taxes |
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At national level, immigrants _______ add to the economy |
add |
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Nativist backlash |
fear of new immigrants |
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Official english movement |
push for making English the official language for all public business |
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Multicultralism |
inclusion of curricular material relating to the contributions of non european to us history |
