SOC 258 Lecture 7: Soc Lec 7- Wacquant peculiar institutions
Wacquant:!
•Slavery (1619-1865); longest of the periods!
•Jim Crow (1865-1965)* (~1896 to ~1954)!
•Ghetto (1915-1968)!
-Refers to a social “island” (from Italian term/def of ghetto) where people are segregated.
Began with Jews. Here talking about the Racial Ghetto=people segregated by race
(allthough there are subgroups within these larger groups of segregated ghettos. !
•Hyperghetto +prison (1968-present) more class inclusive patterns; more existent and more
depraved than what existed prior. !
Ghetto and hyperghetto are focus of this course. !
*Neglects Reconstruction Era-black politic. power & social progress alter civil war (1865-1877)!
#Jim Crow begins later-Plessy vs Ferguson Case (1896). !
Creole-culture (could look like anyone; wasn’t based on skin color & didn’t mean not black-
really based on tie to French Ancestry. !
New Jim Crow —> Felon disenfranchisement=lose some rights (once convicted)!
# # could be to public assistance, to parent/custody/see children, to a job, etc. !
Prison industrial complex (idea borrowed from military industrial complex-Dwight Eisenhower)!
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#-triangle is mutually beneficial:!
# # # State/Military
(Executive branch)
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Defense Contractors ——————— Congressional + state level politicians
(Corporations) (Legislators)
Military industrial complex- wants of the triangle and how they all benefit from these things but
that might not match up with the how the public might benefit
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Document Summary
Wacquant: slavery (1619-1865); longest of the periods, jim crow (1865-1965)* (~1896 to ~1954, ghetto (1915-1968) Refers to a social island (from italian term/def of ghetto) where people are segregated. Here talking about the racial ghetto=people segregated by race (allthough there are subgroups within these larger groups of segregated ghettos: hyperghetto +prison (1968-present) more class inclusive patterns; more existent and more depraved than what existed prior. Ghetto and hyperghetto are focus of this course. *neglects reconstruction era-black politic. power & social progress alter civil war (1865-1877) Jim crow begins later-plessy vs ferguson case (1896). Creole-culture (could look like anyone; wasn"t based on skin color & didn"t mean not black- really based on tie to french ancestry. New jim crow > felon disenfranchisement=lose some rights (once convicted) could be to public assistance, to parent/custody/see children, to a job, etc. Prison industrial complex (idea borrowed from military industrial complex-dwight eisenhower) Defense contractors congressional + state level politicians (corporations) (legislators)
