Monday: We watched Girl Rising
Tuesday: Took the Western Africa group quiz, and continued presentations
Racism:
Brown v. Board of Education
Established segregation of public schools
Unconstitutional origin of the Civil Rights movement
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Congress overrode President Johnson's veto of the bill with a nearly unanimous vote from the republicans
The can't declares people born in the US are officially citizens regardless of their race and color
If granted the same rights of while citizens to all male american born citizens such as the right to buy and sell property sue and be sued give evidence in court
Civil Rights Act of 1964
No discrimination based on color, nationality, origin, gender, race, or religion
Proposed by JFK, passed by LBJ
Civil Rights Act of 1965
Act forbids racial discrimination in voting
It was aimed to abolish legal barriers that prevented African Americans from voting
15th Amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Fair Housing Act protects the buyer or renter from discrimination regarding the sale rental and financing of housing
The bill was a case of a strenuous debate of the senate
Racism in the classroom
African american statistics rising
Westernised school curriculum
Europe And Ethnocentrism
Stereotypical white teachers
Over referral to special education/criminal programs
Wednesday: No School
Thursday: Continued watching Girl Rising
Friday: Filled out central Africa map, talked about current events, and then continued with presentations
Racism:
Racism in schools
More colored people are stereotyped in schools for being “not as smart as white kids”
3x more suspension of colored people
16% black, 5% white
Racism in Entertainment
Speaking characters are mostly white
10.8% are black, 4.2% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3.6% mixed races
Top 100 movies of 2012 have 76% white characters and 24% other races
93% of Oscars go to White people
Racism in Workplaces
Harassment level has doubled from 1970s
6,977 cases of Harassment were reported in 2007
Home Depot paid $125,000 settlement-racial remarks on black worker
More % of blacks and hispanics feel like they are treated unfairly at work
Many black managers quit their jobs
Wages- White people get $21, other races get $15 or less
College educated blacks make 80% of what white people make hourly
Reasons for Racism
Racist person in family or friend group can influence others
Stereotypes of criminals, lazy, unintelligent, special needs
Put frustrations out on others who are “different”
- “Take jobs from government”
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