SOCL 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Median Income, Class Discrimination, Triple Oppression
Thursday 4/12/18
Chapter 10 Part 2
Race and Ethnicity
European Americans:
• Diversity
o 58% of the U.S. has a European background
o Germany, Ireland, England and Italy
• Constraints
o WASPS looked down on later immigrants
o Hostile towards to Irish Immigrants
o Experienced prejudice and discrimination
• Strengths
o In response to hostility they developed churches and schools
o Began to prosper
o Fair better than most other groups
Latinos
• Diversity
o 1% of the atio’s populatio
o Is a growing group due to births in the US
o Some ancestors are settlers predating whites
o Some are immigrants or have immigrant families
• Constraints
o Household income lower than the national median
o 25% of Mexican Americans, Dominicans, and Puerto Ricans live below poverty
line
o Have among the lowest education levels
• Strengths
o Household income higher than American Indians and African Americans
o Own 12% of all businesses
o Earn better hourly wage than in the past
African Americans
• Diversity
o Make up 13% of the population
o Only group brought here and enslaved
o Includes native born and immigrants
• Constraints
o Lowest median family income
o Make up 26% of those in poverty
o Have lower educational levels than whites and Asains
• Strengths
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Document Summary
European americans: diversity, 58% of the u. s. has a european background, germany, ireland, england and italy, constraints, wasps looked down on later immigrants, hostile towards to irish immigrants, experienced prejudice and discrimination, strengths. In response to hostility they developed churches and schools: began to prosper, fair better than most other groups. Latinos: diversity, 1(cid:1011)% of the (cid:374)atio(cid:374)"s populatio(cid:374) African americans: diversity, make up 13% of the population, only group brought here and enslaved. Asian americans: diversity, 6% of us population, from at least 26 different countries, 19 different languages. In 2012 they became the fastest-growing racial or ethnic group: constraints, considerable variation in achievement across subgroups, strengths, have the highest median outcome, have the highest education level, almost half fill highly skilled occupations. Model minority myth video: talks about stereotypes of asians: bad drivers, higher education, better at math, etc, tells that there are different subgroups of asian cultures and tell the difference between poverty and education between subgroups.
