SOCL 2001 Lecture : Socl Notes
Document Summary
10/28 ch 8: ethnic work and the significance of our names: Names are conscious choices made by parents/or if you change your name made by you. 2020 future-study proved 70% downloaded list of white sounding names; shows discrimination other race-sounding names change to. Ethnic work trying to hide ethnicity by changing name to a different race sounding name (list of famous people changing names) sound white sounding to possibly help with discrimination/job searching. September 2006, black student asks school officials if he could sit under the tree that white students typically sit under. The next day, 3 nueces were found hanging from the tree. The next day three black students sat under the tree in protest. On november 30, someone set fire to the school. On december 2nd, a white kid was beat up by the 6 black kids who were initially taunted. 22 years in prison under an all white jury and judge.
