SOC 030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Model Minority, Asian Americans, Eugenics
Racial Inequality
Podcast now due April 25th
White privelege: http://cultureandyouth.org/racism/articles-racism/white-privilege-unpacking-
the-invisible-knapsack/
Racial and Ethnic Inequality Today
-Blacks, Latinos, and Whites are in different occupations today and treated differently, as
well as paid differently
The Model Minority Myth
-Attributes Asian American success to culture of hard work and emphasis on education
-Masks economic inequality among Asian Americans
-Perpetuates racist ideas about other groups
04/11/2018
Eugenics- science movement promoting the ‘breeding’ of certain people over others.
Official Definition: the science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to
increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. Developed largely by Francis
Galton as a method of improving the human race, it fell into disfavor only after the perversion of
its doctrines by the Nazis.
Immigrants to the U.S.
-Generally, immigrants move from countries with more inequality to countries with less
inequality
-1 in 8 people are immigrants
-Less access to healthcare and lower amounts of social security
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Document Summary
Blacks, latinos, and whites are in different occupations today and treated differently, as well as paid differently. Attributes asian american success to culture of hard work and emphasis on education. Eugenics- science movement promoting the breeding" of certain people over others. Official definition: the science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. Galton as a method of improving the human race, it fell into disfavor only after the perversion of its doctrines by the nazis. Generally, immigrants move from countries with more inequality to countries with less inequality. Less access to healthcare and lower amounts of social security. Length of time in the u. s. increases average income of immigrants. 28% of immigrants in the u. s. < 5 years are in poverty. 18% of immigrants in the u. s. more or equal to 20 years are in poverty. Immigrants with citizenship status are less likely to be in poverty than immigrants without.
