2. Race is a social concept used to categorize humans into large and distinct populations or groups by anatomical, cultural, ethnic, genetic, geographical, historical, linguistic, religious, and/or social affiliation.
3. History of race • Late 19th century: Anti-immigration Movement • 1870-1933 Government wants to assimilate Native Americans • Post-Slavery reconstruction: Separate but equal • Jim Crow Period • 1942: Pearl Harbor (Discrimination against the Japanese)
4. The difference in median household incomes between whites and blacks has grown from about $19,000 in 1967 to roughly $27,000 in 2011.
5. Race and the workplace 1. Sterotypes; model minority 2. Be skeptical of ability; Institutionalized 3. Be unaware of "color Privilege"
6. In everyday Interactions • Non Dominant Groups may use: • Language "mirroring" • Isolate Themselves • Remain Silent • Emphasize Commonalities
