SOC 134 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Institutional Racism, Page Act Of 1875, Model Minority
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Institutional racism is about racism in institutions like legal, educational, etc. Reasons to be optimistic: legall(cid:455) fo(cid:396)(cid:272)ed (cid:396)a(cid:272)is(cid:373) does(cid:374)"t e(cid:454)ist, institutional integration and diversity is seen as passed, elected a black president, youth are more open minded than any other generation. Reasons to be concerned: instances of hate crime, far ranging employment inequality, incarceration disparities, lackluster response to disasters, persistent inequalities in poverty (education, ongoing shootings of black men. Individualistic fallacy: racism is assumed to belong to the realm of ideas and prejudices. It exists in our habits and social institutions. Legalistic fallacy: abolishing racist laws effectively abolishes racism. False; brown vs. board abolishes de-facto segregation in schools. They remain segregated with some indications of. Tokenistic fallacy resurgence: the presence of people of color in influential positions is evidence that racism no longer exists. False; the status of one individual does not constitute the status of all. May be a sign of change, but never a sign of accomplishment.
