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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
03/24/2010

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Panethnicity
Definition
development of solidarity between ethnic subgroups
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Color Gradient
Definition
placement of people on a continuum from light to dark skin color rather than in distinct racial groups by skin color
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Maquiladoras
Definition
foreign owned companies on the mexican side of the border with the united states
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Remittances
Definition
money that immigrants return to their countries of orgin
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Marielitos
Definition
undesirable refugees from cuba who came in from the third wave of immigration
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Repatriation
Definition
1930s program of deporting mexicans
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Bracero
Definition
contracted mexican laborers brought to the United States during world war II
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Mojados
Definition
wetback slang for mexicans who entered illegaly
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La Raza
Definition
"the people" mexican pride
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Culture of poverty
Definition
way of life that involves no future planning, no commitment to marriage, no work ethic
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Cesar Chavez
Definition
leader for economic empowerment of migrant farm workers
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Chicanismo
Definition
ideology emphasizing pride and positive identity among mexican Americans
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Jones act of 1917
Definition
gave puerto ricans citizenship
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Neoricans
Definition
puerto ricans who return to the island to settle after living in the united states
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Neocolonialism
Definition
continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries
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World System Theory
Definition
a view of the global economic system as divided between nations that control wealth and those that provide natural resources and labor
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Tracking
Definition
the practice of placing students in specific class or curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria
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Familism
Definition
pride and closeness in the family that result in placing family obligation and loyalty before individual needs
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Mixed Status
Definition
families in which one or more members are citizens and one or more are noncitizens
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Curanderismo
Definition
Hispanic folk medicine
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Pentecostalism
Definition
religion that believes in the infusion of the holyspirit into services and in religious experiences such as faith healing
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Yellow Peril
Definition
generalized prejudice toward Asian people and their customs
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Desi
Definition
name for people who trace their ancestry to south asian expecially india and pakistan
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Filipino immigration
Definition
first generation in 1920s
second arrived 20th century
newest immigrants include professionals who arrived under 1965 immigration act
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Viet Kieu
Definition
vietnamese living abroad
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Ilchomose
Definition
1.5 generation of korean americans those who immigrated into the united states as children
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Kye
Definition
rotating credit system used by koreans to start up businesses
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Haoles
Definition
whites in hawaii
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Tsu
Definition
clans established along family lines and forming a basis for social organization by chinese americans
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Hui Kuan
Definition
chinese american benevolent associations organized on the basis of the district of the immigrants origin in china
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Tongs
Definition
chinese secret socities
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Cultural capital
Definition
noneconomic forces such as family background and past investment in education that are then reflected in knowledge about the arts and language
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Social Capital
Definition
Collective benefits of durable social networks and their patterns of reciprocal trust
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Issei
Definition
first generation immigrants from japan to united states
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nisei
Definition
Children born of immigrants from japan
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Sansei
Definition
the children of the Nisei=grandchildren of the original immigrants from japan
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Yonsei
Definition
fourth generation of japanese americans in the united states=children of sansei
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Kibei
Definition
Japanese Americans of the Nisei generation sent back to japan for schooling and to have marriages arranged
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1913 alien land law act
Definition
prohibits all asian immigrants from owning land
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1942 executive order 9066
Definition
authorized the removal from those areas of any people considered threats to national security
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Mitsuye Endo v United States
Definition
1944 detainment was unconstitutional
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Normative approach
Definition
prejudices are influenced by societal norms and situations
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Exploitation theory
Definition
marxist theory that views racial subordination in the united states as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism
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Dual Labor Market
Definition
two divisions of work
1. by minorities ex janitors
2. majority ex ceo
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1830 removal act
Definition
relocated eastern tribes westward
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1887 allotment act
Definition
subdivided tribal lands into individual parts
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1934 reorganization act
Definition
required tribes to develop election based governments and leaders
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1952 employment assistance program
Definition
relocated reservation people to urban areas for jobs
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1953 termination act
Definition
closed reservation and their federal services
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Emancipation Proclamation
Definition
freed slaves
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Emancipation Proclamation
Definition
freed slaves
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thirteenth amendment
Definition
abolished slavery
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Fifteenth amendment
Definition
prohibited the denial of the right to vote on the ground of race color or previous condition of
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Plessy v ferguson
Definition
separate but equal
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Williams v Mississippi
Definition
the use of poll taxes, tests, and literacy tests to discourage blacks from voting
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Restrictive Covenant
Definition
communities where non whites were systematically excluded from living
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Riff raff theory
Definition
riots in 80s were from discontented youths rather than by social and economic problems
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Tracking
Definition
placement of students based on test scores
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Hajj
Definition
pilgrimage to mecca
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Sunni Muslims
Definition
large majority of muslims in us who follow Sunnah
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Jihad
Definition
struggle against the enemies of allah
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Blended identity
Definition
self image and worldview that is a combination of religious faith, cultural background based on nationality, and current residence
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In group virtues
Definition
behavior by ones own group that becomes unacceptable when practiced by outsiders
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out group vices
Definition
in group virtues practiced by outsiders
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diaspora
Definition
exile of jews from palestine
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yiddishkait
Definition
jewishness
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halakha
Definition
jewish laws covering obligations and duties
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susan b anthony
Definition
snuck in and tried to vote but was arrested (woman)
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feminine mystique
Definition
societys view of a woman as only her childrens mother and her husbands wife
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Order of womens voting rights
Definition
1879 introduced the right for women to vote
1919 19th amendment
1920 19th amendment ratified
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Displaced homemaker
Definition
women who have been married for 20-30 years who are unable to get a job when divorced
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second shift
Definition
working at home and work outside the household
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double jeopardy
Definition
ex being black and a woman
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mommy tax
Definition
lower salaries women receive because they have children
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matrix of domination
Definition
cumulative impact of oppression because of race gender and class superfucked
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Roe v Wade
Definition
you can have an abortion but it cannot be after the 3rd trimester
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