Race Affirmative Action Types of Discrimination Racism world wide What causes prejudice? Solutions Hate Crimes Assignment #5 due next class

Minority Group Category of people with unequal access to positions of power prestige wealth targets of prejudice, discrimination not based on numbers, but social status

Affirmative Action Policies for companies and schools to promote equal opportunity and diversity

Affirmative Action Pros Cons Opportunities for women and racial minorities Reverse discrimination Diversity at work Undermines abilities of minorities Diversity at college Not needed

In the News What do you think? Affirmative action in news now U.S. Supreme Court regarding Michigan ban on affirmative action

2009 Firefighters win Reverse Discrimination Lawsuit

Reverse Discrimination discrimination against members of a dominant or majority group 7

Prejudice and Discrimination Prejudice- refers to attitudes (Fear, anger, hatred, other negative emotions) Discrimination – refers to actions (Unequal treatment based) Racism –beliefs or actions based on race

Modern Racism A subtle form of racism belief that serious discrimination in America no longer exists belief that racial inequality is the fault of minority group Most who fit this description do not consider themselves racist

Types of Discrimination: Individual behavior by an individual that leads to unequal treatment based on race or other factors Taxi-driver refusing to pick up someone

Types of Discrimination: Institutional arrangements, practices that tend to favor one group procedures that result in unequal treatment or opportunities Deliberate, subtle, or unintended Example: Taxi company instructing drivers not to pick up certain groups

Causes of prejudice and discrimination Cultural Transmission: prejudice is transmitted from generation to generation through family/media Group Identification Theory: prejudices start when pride in your own group goes too far Frustration-aggression hypothesis: prejudices develop in response to people’s need to cope with the frustration in their lives.

Solutions THINK CRITICALLY (work in groups of 4-5) Create a solution for prejudice/discrimination based on one of the theories Can be a policy for employers, law for a state, requirement for families, requirement for the media , curriculum standard for teachers, etc. Cultural Transmission: prejudice is transmitted from generation to generation through family/media Group Identification Theory: prejudices start when pride in your own group goes too far Frustration-aggression hypothesis: prejudices develop in response to people’s need to cope with the frustration in their lives. Write down your answer. Discuss questions 1-3 on handout after. Look at the census from 1890-2010 13

Guidelines for discussing race and ethnic relations: Respect. Respect each other’s viewpoints. Allow everyone to complete their statements before responding. Remember not to make generalizations or stereotypical comments about groups (racial, ethnic, religious, or other)

Front of classroom Door Back of classroom Team 1 Peper Derek Hernandez Annie Vela-Cervantes Yunuen Kang Michelle Cameron Jonathan Lott Britnee Team 2 Mejia Lizbeth Akiba Chisato Lucero Adriana Bermudez Claudia Marquez Wendy Torres Mildred Team 3 Ventura Alejandro Martin Sebastian Blankenship Ashley Pilone Alyssa Gamez Gerardo Liu Wen-Hao Team 4 Mansour Eiriny Kwak Samuel Cananea Jessa Kim Daniel Lopez Osvaldo Rangel Christopher Front of classroom Team 8 Kim Sara Harden Jennifer Nguyen Henry Escobar Vanessa Holguin Madison Team 9 Garcia Viviana Duran Marisol Cervantes Nancy Carrillo Jasmine Adams Shannon Team 10 Dheming Steve Cardenas Jose Calaquian Meryl Gonzalez Ana Ramirez Jessica Team 11 Hirabayashi Marc Winders Molly Ballesteros Sofia Chu Alex Padilla Josue Door Team 5 Barrera Sabrina McOsker Caoimhe Campbell Catherine Khan Bisma Lam Thang Team 6 Alvarez Lauro Sanchez Wendy Molina Areli Bedolla Ricky Zalenski Peter Team 7 Alvarez Rosio Rodriguez Christian Martinez Angie Flores Cynthia Hernandez Joanna Back of classroom

Guidelines for discussing race and ethnic relations: Respect. Respect each other’s viewpoints. Allow everyone to complete their statements before responding. Remember not to make generalizations or stereotypical comments about groups (racial, ethnic, religious, or other)

Solutions THINK CRITICALLY (work in groups of 4-5) Create a solution for prejudice/discrimination based on one of the theories Can be a policy for employers, law for a state, requirement for families, requirement for the media , curriculum standard for teachers, etc. Cultural Transmission: prejudice is transmitted from generation to generation through family/media Group Identification Theory: prejudices start when pride in your own group goes too far Frustration-aggression hypothesis: prejudices develop in response to people’s need to cope with the frustration in their lives. Write down your answer. Discuss questions 1-3 on handout after. Look at the census from 1890-2010 17

What do these regions have in common? Australia Dominican Republic Cambodia Germany Bosnia Rwanda Sudan Ukraine Namibia Guatemala Genocide

Genocide worldwide Genocide: deliberate, systematical annihilation of an entire population of people Peace Pledge Union Information http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_genocide_intro.html

Dominican Republic 1937, President ordered the execution of the Haitians Killing of 15,000-20,000 Haitian civilians within 5 days More Details Peace Pledge Union Information http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_genocide_intro.html

Cambodia 1975, Leader Pol Pot's and the Khmer Rouge army imposed extremist plan Believed population must all be laborers People forced out of the region or killed Lawyers, doctors, teachers, engineers, scientists and professional people in any field were murdered, together with their extended families. More Details Peace Pledge Union Information http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_genocide_intro.html

Guatemala 1981, Guatemalan Army suppression against the Mayan Indians More Details Peace Pledge Union Information http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_genocide_intro.html

Rwanda 1994 Up to one million Tutsis killed by Hutus Genocide was carried out entirely by hand Tutsi men, women, children killed in thousands Peace Pledge Union Information http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_genocide_intro.html

Bosnia 1995 Serb troops led by Ratko Mladic began killing thousands of Muslim civilians. More Details Peace Pledge Union Information http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_genocide_intro.html

Sudan www.worldwithoutgenocide.org 2008 -Today Darfur region of Sudan, conflict between rebel militia groups and the government leading to killing of innocents Over 400 villages destroyed At least 300,000 people killed www.worldwithoutgenocide.org More Details Peace Pledge Union Information http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_genocide_intro.html

Types of institutional discrimination Segregation: separation Exclusion: prohibition or restricting entry Expulsion: removal of a group

Dr. Kenneth and Mamie Clark Doll Experiment 1939 Study of children’s self-perception based on prejudice in society 2007 CNN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWyI77Yh1Gg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSdKy2q6pEY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i20d11fGz-0&playnext=1&list=PL43D9C89B6A0A3A61&feature=results_main

Due next class: Race Reflection Assignment Asn#5 Details on website Read pages 81-93