...University of Phoenix Material Appendix E Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Racial formation |An analytical tool in sociology that was developed by Michael Omi and Howard Winant. This is used | | |to look at race as a socially constructed identity, where the content and importance of racial | | |categories is determined by social, political and economic forces. | |Segregation |Refers to setting apart or separating things or people. More common form is racial segregation | | |which applies to activities such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a| | |public toilet, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home. | |De jure segregation |De jure meaning concerning law. De jure segregation is segregation that is imposed by the law. | |Pluralism |A condition in which numerous distinct ethnic, religious, or cultural groups are present and | | |tolerated within a society. | |Assimilation |The process whereby a minority group gradually...
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...Historical Report on Race ETH 125 Week 5 Throughout U.S. history African Americans were considered colored peoples, and they were forced to endure slavery. In the United States, slavery was formed from using people whom were forced to serve as slaves by capturing and sold at auctions. They were then forced to work on plantations as a slave labor which existed as a legal institution in North America. Slavery existed more than a century before the founding of the United States in 1776. In 1865, following the American Civil War, slavery was outlawed in the United States and slaves became emancipated or freeman. The first English colony in North America, Jamestown, acquired its first African slaves in 1619 by the Dutch. Slavery was a one of the key factors which contributed to the American Civil War which lasted from 1861 to 1865. Once slaves became freeman, many states developed laws which were created to disenfranchise African-American’s from voting. A group of African-American women decided to establish the first national black organization in the United States. From the time of slavery, children were bought and sold into slavery. Many times, white masters and owners would beat and force their enslaved women into having intimate, sexual relationships. Almost all slaves were of African descent and from the 16th to the 19th centuries; an estimated 12 million Africans were shipped as slaves to the Americans. The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: “Section...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix E Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Racial formation |Racial Formation is the process by which individuals are divided into racial categories. | |Segregation |Segregation is the physical and social separation of some category of population. | |De jure segregation |De jure segregation is segregation that is required by law. | |Pluralism |Pluralism is a state in which racial and ethnic, though distinct, have equal social standing. | |Assimilation |Assimilation is the process by which minorities gradually adopt cultural patterns of the dominant | | |majority population. | 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? In U.S. history the majority of most races have been non-Hispanic European descent. Of this majority, the largest percentage claims ancestry traced back to Germany. The second and third largest groups reportedly are from Ireland and England...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix E Part I Define the following terms: Term | Definition | Racial formation | When it comes to the definition of racial formation is a theory, which is a analytical tool that is develop by Michael and Howard wish it use to look at different race as a socially. | Segregation | When it comes to segregation is a separation of a person or individual; or even a group of people. For example a group, often order to apply some type of treatment to separated individuals or a group. Segregation can also be a separation of some types of items; from a large group for example it has happen with handling funds in many accounts. | De jure segregation | De jure segregation is a type of segregation that is supported by law and as well as, ordinances. Which this was typically practiced in the 1954; witch it was brown versus the board of education. | Pluralism | Pluralism is a definition of general sense and acknowledgment; of diversity for example the concept is usually used in many different ways that includes the rage and issues. | Assimilation | Assimilation is a term witch it refers to another part of the adaption; or processes the proposed. Thought that assimilation is like new information that he or she takes, or new experiences that incorporate into an idea. For example the process is like or similar to a subject, because some individuals modify some of the experience or information that fits the preexisting beliefs. | Part...
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... 11/25/2012 Term | Definition | Racial formation | A sociohistorical process, by which racial categories are created, inhabited, transformed, and destroyed. | Segregation | The physical separation of two groups often imposed on a subordinate group by the dominant group. | De jure segregation | Segregation that is imposed by law. | Pluralism | Mutual respect between the various groups in a society for one another’s cultures, allowing minorities to express their own culture without experiencing prejudice or hostility. | Assimilation | The process by which a subordinate individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant group. | 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? Throughout most of U.S. history White Americans has been the majority in most locations. According to the U.S. census Bureau in 2010 72% of Whites share the U.S. population. What is the common ancestral background of most members of this group? The common ancestral backgrounds of most members of this group are people of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. * What are some of the larger racial minorities in U.S. history? Some of the larger racial minorities in U.S. history are Black Americans compromising nearly 13% of the population and Hispanic/Latinos who compromises 15% of the population. What have been the common ancestral backgrounds...
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...Phoenix Material Appendix E Part I Define the following terms: Term Definition Racial formation process where individuals are divided and categorized by mutable rules into different racial categories Segregation the act of separating individuals from a main body or group De jure segregation Segregation or isolation of individuals from a main group which is imposed by law. Pluralism where different groups culturally, ethnically or religiously are | | |present and are tolerated in a given society. Assimilation To adapt or conform one’s self to a new different environment 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? I would have to say that throughout history in the U.S., the “white” race has been the majority. I believe that this is because of their ancestral background. I believe that the Europeans came her to America looking for a better opportunity of life, then came the other races; so I feel that the Europeans started off as the majority. I • 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? • In what ways have laws been used to enforce discrimination? Provide examples. These...
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...Appendix E Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Racial formation |A method of looking at race as a socially constructed identity where the content and importance of | | |racial categories is determined by social, economical and political forces. | |Segregation |The physical and social separation of categories of people. | |De jure segregation |Segregation that is imposed and mandated by law. Children are assigned to schools specifically to | | |maintain racially separated schools. | |Pluralism |A state in which people of all racial and ethnic categories have the same overall social standing. | |Assimilation |The process by which minorities gradually adopt cultural patterns from the dominant majority | | |population. | 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...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix E Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Racial formation |The forced race plays socially. | |Segregation |The detachment from others from a main body or group; to impose the separation of (a race or class)| | |from the rest of society. | |De jure segregation |Segregation that is imposed by law. | |Pluralism |Distinct ethnic, religious, or cultural groups are present and tolerated within society. | |Assimilation |People of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family. | 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? Throughout most of United States history in most locations the race that has been the majority I think is the European race (whites). Both the American Hispanics which has the largest amount of the inhabitants in the Middle Western side...
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...Define the following terms: Term Definition Racial formation |The process where individuals are divided and categorized by mutable rules into different racial categories. Segregation The physical and social separation of categories of people. De jure segregation The physical and social separation of categories of people by law Pluralism A state in which people of all racial and ethnic categories have about the same overall social standing. Assimilation Is the process by which minorities gradually adopt cultural patterns from the dominant majority population. 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? Throughout most of U.S. the race that has been the majority is the “white” race. Caucasions are not the majority because of their number in population but because of their social standards in the United States. Most caucasion peoples ancesteral background is a European background however can also have a Native american indian background due to the fact that when the Europeans came to the "new land" in search of treasure and things like the fountain of youth they found this part of the world known as north america they settled, raged war on the natives and even impregnated them. As all this went on there were more and more caucasion people in the United states causing the majority...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix E Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Racial formation |The process where individuals are divided and categorized by mutable rules into different | | |racial | |Segregation |Act of separating individuals from a main body or group | |De jure segregation |It is a real segregation or isolation of individuals from a main group which is imposed by law | |Pluralism |A conditions where different groups culturally, ethnically or religiously are present and are | | |tolerated in a certain society | |Assimilation |To adapt or conform ones self to a new and different environment | 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? Throughout most of the history almost all locations the race, which has been the majority, is the...
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...Material Appendix E Part I Define the following terms: Term Definition Racial formation The process where individuals are divided and categorized by mutable rules into different racial categories. Segregation The physical and social separation of categories of people. De jure segregation By law segregation. Races have their own hotels, buses, and restaurants. Pluralism A state in which people of all racial and ethnic categories have about the same over all social standing. Assimilation The process by which minorities gradually adopt cultural patterns from the dominant majority population. 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? Throughout most of U.S. history the white race has been the majority. This race is majority because of the social standards they have not just because of the population. The white race was the first settlers in the new land. As known, the most common ancestral background of most members of this group is European. Europeans came to this land for new life opportunities. They were able to come together and form their own country and boundaries because they broke ties off with their European rulers. • 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...
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... |Definition | |Racial formation |Is 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 |The action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set | | |apart. | |De jure segregation |Segregation that is imposed by law. | |Pluralism |A condition or system in which two or more states, etc., coexist. | |Assimilation |The state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a| | |larger national family. | 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...
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... |Definition | |Racial formation |Looking at a race as a socially constructed identity, where the content and importance of racial | | |categories is determined by social, economic, and political forces. | |Segregation |The separation of humans into racial groups in daily life. An example would be seperate schools for| | |African Americans seperate from European Americans. | |De jure segregation |Segregation that existed because of local laws that mandated the segregation. | |Pluralism |Used to denote a diversity of views, and stands in opposition to one single approach or method of | | |interpretation | |Assimilation |The process whereby a minority group gradually adapts to the customs and attitudes of the | | |prevailing culture and customs. | 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...
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...Appendix E Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Racial formation |The process where individuals are divided and categorized by mutable rules into different racial | | |categories. | |Segregation |The physical and social separation of categories of people. | |De jure segregation |The physical and social separation of categories of people by law | |Pluralism |A state in which people of all racial and ethnic categories have about the same overall social | | |standing | |Assimilation |Is the process by which minorities gradually adopt cultural patterns from the dominant majority | | |population. | 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? Throughout most...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix E Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Racial formation |Racial formation is when individuals are categorized or divided into different racial categories. | |Segregation |Segregation is the separation socially and physically of the categories of people. | |De jure segregation |The separation of the categories of people by the law. | |Pluralism |When the minority groups maintains their cultural traditions | |Assimilation |Adapting or conforming to the group of people. | 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? Throughout the most of the U.S. history in most locations American White race has been the majority with more than 300 million people living in the United States which includes non-Hispanic/Latino and Hispanic/Latino. American White race are also the majority in forty nine out of the fifty states with the exception being Hawaii. The most common ancestries are traced from...
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