Exam 2 Flashcards
(24 cards)
The great migration
When people from the south move to northern cities
Redlining
Federal policies enacted after the national housing act of 1934, gave gave banks the ability to strategically deny mortgages to anyone of color to shape the racial makeup of the city directly
The ghetto belt
Regions of the US which are prevented from becoming inegrated for social-structural reasons
The Dissimilarity Index
Statistical measure bounded by 0 and 100, indicates what percentage of minorities would have to move to achieve eveb distribution
Folk Explanations for Segregation:
Self selection
The idea that racial segregation is primarily caused by peoples desire to live near similar others in their social circle; they choose to live near others of the same race
Folk Explanations for Segregation:
Economic Reproduction
The idea that individuals sort themselves into neighborhoods based on what they can afford.
Folk Explanations for Segregation:
Institutional Enforcement
The idea that institutions continue to maintain biased practices which forces people of color into segregated housing situations
Tipping Point
When the minority share of a neighborhood reaches its value all of the remaining white residents leave
Audit study
An experimental research design where by two individuals who are similar as possible engage in an activity where they might be discriminated against.
Enthnic Enclave
A geographic clustering of minorities which has not been engineered to isolate and control the population
Ghetto
Impoverished neighborhoods occupied predominantly by ethnic or racial minorities, the neighborhoods are “instruments of ethniracial closure and control”
White flight
White middle manager class move to the suburbs to escape integration
Gaze
The act of depicting the world in the visual arts and literature from the perspective of the dominant group
Male Gaze
When women and gender minorities are depicted from a heterosexual male perspective
White Gaze
When racial minorities are depicted from a white perspective
Ethnocentrism
Evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture
Cultural relativism
The idea that a persona beliefs values and practices should be understood based on that persons own culture, rathar than be judged agaisnt the criteria of another
Cultural approproation
The adoption of elements of a minority cultura by members of the domination culture particularly without respecting the sources in the process
Discourse
How we think and communicate about people, things, the social Organization of society, and the relationships amongst all three
Bechdel Test
Measure of represention of women in fiction
1) Two women (with names) who talk to each other about something other than a man
Reparations
Measures taken by the state to redress gross and systematic violations of human rights law
compensation
Segregation
The action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart
The fair housing act
Act by the US intended to protect the buyer or renter of a dwelling from seller or landlord discrimination
Exposure Index
Proportion of majority group seen by the average minority meber looking around in theor census tract
