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IAT race

2012-01-21T20:23:00.001-08:00

This distribution summarizes 732,881 IAT scores for the race task completed between July 2000 and May 2006. The dark bars indicate faster sorting of African American with Bad and European American with Good, gray bars indicate faster sorting of European American with Bad and African American with Good. The bar height indicates the number of people who scored within that range. The IAT effect (a D score) has a possible range of -2 to +2. Break points for ‘slight’ (.15), ‘moderate’ (.35) and ‘strong’ (.65) were selected conservatively according to psychological conventions for effect size. Scientific reports of the IAT D effect are available in Greenwald, Nosek, & Banaji, 2003 and Nosek, Greenwald, & Banaji, 2006. More information about results for the race IAT is available in Nosek, Banaji, & Greenwald, 2002.

All Other Things Being Equal: A Paired Testing Study of Mortgage Lending Institutions (Executive Summary)

2011-12-07T23:51:00.001-08:00

All Other Things Being Equal: A Paired Testing Study of Mortgage Lending Institutions (Executive Summary)

In Los Angeles —
Blacks were offered less coaching than comparable white homebuyers, and were more likely to be encouraged to consider an FHA loan.
Hispanics were denied basic information about loan amount and house price, told about fewer products, and received less follow-up compared to Anglo homebuyers.
In Chicago —
Blacks were denied basic information about loan amount and house price, told about fewer products, offered less coaching, and received less follow-up than comparable white homebuyers.
Hispanics were quoted lower loan amounts or house prices, told about fewer products, and offered less coaching than comparable Anglo homebuyers.

Mortgage Lending Discrimination: A Review of Existing Evidence

2011-12-07T23:50:00.001-08:00

Mortgage Lending Discrimination: A Review of Existing Evidence

Discrimination in home mortgage lending takes two forms—differential treatment and disparate impact—and in many instances it is difficult, if not impossible, to disentangle the two.

Picking Cotton With My Niglets - Racist Field Trip Rant

2011-12-07T13:26:00.001-08:00

Picking Cotton With My Niglets - Racist Field Trip Rant - YouTube

Picking Cotton With My Niglets - Racist Field Trip Rant

Whites Believe They Are Victims of Racism More Often Than Blacks | Tufts Now

2011-12-05T23:46:00.001-08:00

Whites Believe They Are Victims of Racism More Often Than Blacks | Tufts Now

However, whites believed that racism against whites has increased significantly as racism against blacks has decreased. On average, whites rated anti-white bias as more prevalent in the 2000s than anti-black bias by more than a full point on the 10-point scale. Moreover, some 11 percent of whites gave anti-white bias the maximum rating of 10 compared to only 2 percent of whites who rated anti-black bias a 10. Blacks, however, reported only a modest increase in their perceptions of "reverse racism."

police officer's dilemma papers

2011-11-03T10:17:00.001-07:00

Papers

police officer's dilemma papers

Immigration's Aftermath

2011-09-21T00:19:00.001-07:00

Immigration's Aftermath

Many children of immigrant parents are not living out the American dream. Until better jobs and schools materialize, they are at risk of becoming the next underclass.

Meet the New Optimists - Newsweek

2011-05-21T23:10:00.001-07:00

Meet the New Optimists - Newsweek

Generation 1, in this taxonomy, is the civil-rights generation—those (born before 1945) who participated in, or simply bore witness to, the defining 20th-century battle for racial equality. It is the generation of whites who, in large measure, saw blacks as alien beings and the generation of blacks who, for the most part, saw whites as irremediably prejudiced. Gen 2s (born between 1945 and 1969) were much less racially constrained—though they remained, in large measure, stuck in a tangle of racial stereotypes. Gen 3s (born between 1970 and 1995) saw race as less of a big deal. And that ability to see a person beyond color has cleared the way for a generation of Believers—blacks who fully accept that America means what it says when it promises to give them a shot. That new reality made itself clear when I compared black Gen 1 Harvard M.B.A.s with their Gen 3 counterparts.

Seventy-five percent of Gen 1s said blacks faced “a lot” of discrimination, compared with 49 percent of Gen 3s. Twenty-five percent of Gen 1s thought their educational attainments put them “on an equal professional footing with white peers or competitors with comparable educational credentials,” compared with 62 percent of Gen 3s. Ninety-three percent of Gen 1s saw a glass ceiling at their current workplaces, compared with 46 percent of Gen 3s.

“When competing professionally against white peers with comparable educational credentials, do you believe your race is a disadvantage?” Sixty-three percent of Gen 1s said yes, compared with 42 percent of Gen 3s. “Would you be as successful if you did not have a Harvard M.B.A.?” Ninety-four percent of Gen 1s said no, compared with 67 percent of Gen 3s. All Gen 1s surveyed said that they had been discriminated against in the workplace, and 60 percent thought that discrimination had had a significant impact on their careers. For Gen 3s, the numbers were 68 percent and 20 percent, respectively.

Multiracial Identity and the U.S. Census, ProQuest Discovery Guides

2011-05-11T10:47:00.001-07:00

Multiracial Identity and the U.S. Census, ProQuest Discovery Guides

In 1973 FICE produced a report on access to higher education among Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Native American students. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Caspar Weinberger latched on to the part of the report that explained the absence of useful data on ethnic and racial groups because of a lack of common definitions. A year later an ad hoc committee was formed to solve this problem, which developed guidelines to make "compatible" and "nonduplicative" categories of race used by all federal agencies. One of the stipulations was that racial categories could not be combined or overlapped. In effect, this reinforced the system of mutually exclusive racial categories, and it led to the creation of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Directive No. 15: Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. The standard issued in 1977 defined five main racial categories.

Interracial Couple Faces Prejudice, 'Purity' Complaints - ABC News

2011-03-29T10:08:00.001-07:00

Interracial Couple Faces Prejudice, 'Purity' Complaints - ABC News

YouTube - Jews must breed with Jews only to keep the chosen race pure or face prison

2011-03-29T10:01:00.001-07:00

YouTube - Jews must breed with Jews only to keep the chosen race pure or face prison

The downside of diversity - The Boston Globe

2011-03-21T22:58:00.001-07:00

The downside of diversity - The Boston Globe

But a massive new study, based on detailed interviews of nearly 30,000 people across America, has concluded just the opposite. Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam -- famous for "Bowling Alone," his 2000 book on declining civic engagement -- has found that the greater the diversity in a community, the fewer people vote and the less they volunteer, the less they give to charity and work on community projects. In the most diverse communities, neighbors trust one another about half as much as they do in the most homogenous settings. The study, the largest ever on civic engagement in America, found that virtually all measures of civic health are lower in more diverse settings.

Midterm 1 take-home essays Spring 2011

2011-02-03T11:25:00.000-08:00

Here are the take-home essays for midterm 1. They must be turned in through Turnitin.com. Instructions for using Turnitin.com is on the syllabus. You must answer both questions. Your paper is due before noon, Thursday, February 10, 2011.

Question 1. Discuss rankism. In your essay, discuss the various forms of rankism, particularly focusing on weightism and heterosexism. Analyze your own attitudes and beliefs about various groups higher and lower in the rank hierarchy. Discuss what steps might be taken to eliminate all forms of rankism. Make sure you reference all articles you were assigned to read in the section on rankism and heterosexism. Make sure you demonstrate knowledge of material presented in class. Your paper should be about two pages long, double-spaced. This question is worth ten points.

Question 2. Discuss the meaning of race and ethnicity, particularly focusing on the social construction of race. Make sure you reference most of the readings assigned in the sections on understanding race and ethnicity and What is race? Make sure you demonstrate knowledge of material presented in class. Your paper should be about two pages long, double-spaced. This question is worth ten points.

Tucson rampage: UC Berkeley chancellor's e-mail linking Tucson rampage to immigration issues draws fire - latimes.com

2011-01-13T21:30:00.001-08:00

Tucson rampage: UC Berkeley chancellor's e-mail linking Tucson rampage to immigration issues draws fire - latimes.com

He continued, postulating on factors that may have motivated Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged gunman in Saturday's shootings, in which six people died, including a 9-year-old girl, and 13 were injured, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.): "I believe that it is not a coincidence that this calamity has occurred in a state which has legislated discrimination against undocumented persons."

The New Jim Crow | The American Prospect

2011-01-12T16:10:00.001-08:00

The New Jim Crow | The American Prospect

In the era of colorblindness, it is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as justification for discrimination, exclusion, or social contempt. Rather, we use our criminal-justice system to associate criminality with people of color and then engage in the prejudiced practices we supposedly left behind. Today, it is legal to discriminate against ex-offenders in ways it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans. Once you're labeled a felon, depending on the state you're in, the old forms of discrimination -- employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, and exclusion from jury service -- are suddenly legal. As a criminal, you have scarcely more rights and arguably less respect than a black man living in Alabama at the height of Jim Crow. We have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.

Rethinking Crime and Immigration » Contexts

2010-11-05T23:13:00.001-07:00

Rethinking Crime and Immigration » Contexts

Notably, we found a signiﬁcantly lower rate of violence among Mexican-Americans compared to blacks and whites. A major reason is that more than a quarter of those of Mexican descent were born abroad and more than half lived in neighborhoods where the majority of residents were also Mexican. In particular, ﬁrst-generation immigrants (those born outside the United States) were 45 percent less likely to commit violence than third-generation Americans, adjusting for individual, family, and neighborhood background. Second-generation immigrants were 22 percent less likely to commit violence than the third generation. This pattern held true for non-Hispanic whites and blacks as well. Our study further showed living in a neighborhood of concentrated immigration was directly associated with lower violence (again, after taking into account a host of correlated factors, including poverty and an individual’s immigrant status). Immigration thus appeared “protective” against violence.

“No Place for Hate” Resolution of Respect

2010-11-02T10:18:00.001-07:00

“No Place
for Hate” Resolution of Respect

We,
the Academic Senate Council of Cuesta College, pledge from this day forward to do our best to combat prejudice and to stop those who, because of hate or ignorance, would hurt people or violate their civil rights. We will try at all times to be aware of our own biases and seek to gain understanding of those we perceive as being different from ourselves. We will speak out against all forms of prejudice and discrimination. We will reach out to support those who are targets of hate. We will think about specific ways to promote respect for people and create a prejudice-free zone. We firmly believe that one person can
make a difference and that no person can be an “innocent” bystander when it comes to opposing hate. We recognize that respecting individual dignity, achieving equality, and promoting intergroup harmony are the responsibilities of all people. By signing this pledge, we commit ourselves to making a positive impact in the community we serve.

Signed on October 22, 2010:

Students in Angle 'Asian' gaffe told not to record video - My News 4 - KRNV, Reno, NV

2010-10-19T22:38:00.001-07:00

Students in Angle 'Asian' gaffe told not to record video - My News 4 - KRNV, Reno, NV

The high school's Hispanic Student Union advisor Isaac Barron says her comments made everyone in the room very uncomfortable.

"I felt my jaw drop," Barron recalled. "I saw Mr. Angle. He was kinda visibly upset when she said that. The more she spoke, the worse it got. She was on a slippery slope, I think."

Myra Monts de Oca, a member of the Hispanic Student Union, says both Hispanic and Asian students at the school feel insulted.

"I thought that was kinda ridiculous, because it's already in the name. It couldn't be more obvious what we were. I don't know what was going through her mind. Maybe she meant something else but her point wasn't made."

Angle's campaign insists Angle was referring to an instance where a reporter mistakenly referred to her as Asian and that she was trying to make a point about judging on appearance and stereotypes.

KSNV News 3 (KRNV News 4's sister station in Las Vegas) tried repeatedly to contact Sharron Angle and her campaign Tuesday to ask them why they did not want Friday's event recorded. Those questions, so far, remain unanswered.

Asked if Angle would be invited back, de Oca said, "for an apology because a lot of students were really offended....I have Asian friends, Pacific Islanders, and they found it really disturbing."

News Analysis - Angle Video Reopens Topic of Race - NYTimes.com

2010-10-19T22:29:00.001-07:00

News Analysis - Angle Video Reopens Topic of Race - NYTimes.com

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, a professor of sociology at Duke, said the ad and Ms. Angle’s comments about it reflected the country’s new “racial terrain.”

“I think the new boogeyman is Latino,” Professor Bonilla-Silva said.

Still, Ms. Angle “managed to offend two communities at once: Asians and Latinos,” he said. “Her statements come across as patronizing, and hark back to an old racist tradition where we all look the same.”

You might be a racist if ... | SciGuy | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

2010-10-17T22:25:00.001-07:00

You might be a racist if ... | SciGuy | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

The huge IAT database contains troubling findings that have been highly publicized. For example, more than three-quarters of white and Asian test takers in the United States display an unconscious tendency to value white people over black people. Roughly half of black test takers show a pro-white bias as well. Many people who complete the IAT exhibit implicit inclinations for young versus old people and unconsciously favor men over women.

Durr, Marlese. and Wingfield, Adia. "Keep Your "N" In Check: African American Women and The Interactive Effects of Etiquette and Emotional Labor"

2010-09-30T13:55:00.001-07:00

All Academic Inc. (Abstract Management, Conference Management and Research Search Engine)

Within the workplace, professional etiquette is a major ingredient in decision-making about an individual’s work space, location, integration, acceptance, and occupational mobility. Who we are dictates where we fit and how we are received. These sentiments and behavioral expectations act as directives position, which frame our ways of participating in society. For African American women, these informal and formal proscriptions are vital to their well-being and advancement in the workplace. African American women‘s desire to be promoted to managerial posts is determined by their relative gain in job rewards, but also by their etiquette, measured by the amount of emotional labor they perform. If they desire a promotion, they ponder if they will receive decision-making responsibilities and authority, prestige, resources, status, pecuniary benefits, and opportunities to continue advancing within their employing organization’s hierarchy. These women continue to follow these informal and formal proscriptions, despite their behavior being tied to their emotional labor and advancement. This paper describes African American women’s etiquette and emotional labor contests as they work toward advancement into managerial levels.

Laissez Faire Racism: The Crystallization of a 'Kinder, Gentler' Anti-Black Ideology

2010-09-26T21:40:00.000-07:00

Russell Sage Foundation

Laissez Faire Racism: The Crystallization of a 'Kinder, Gentler' Anti-Black Ideology

Laissez-Faire Racism: The Crystallization of a Kindler, Gentler, Antiblack Ideology

2010-09-26T21:31:00.000-07:00

Racial attitudes in the 1990s ... - Google Books

Discrimination in Metropolitan Housing Markets: National Results from Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 of the Housing Discrimination Study (HDS) | HUD USER

2010-09-26T20:41:00.000-07:00

Discrimination in Metropolitan Housing Markets: National Results from Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 of the Housing Discrimination Study (HDS) | HUD USER

Discrimination in Metropolitan Housing Markets: National Results from Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 of the Housing Discrimination Study (HDS)

Discrimination in a Low-Wage Labor Market: A Field Experiment, Devah Pager, Bruce Western, and Bart Bonikowski (October 2009)

2010-09-26T20:33:00.000-07:00

Discrimination in a Low-Wage Labor Market: A Field Experiment, Devah Pager, Bruce Western, and Bart Bonikowski (October 2009)
http://www.asanet.org/images/journals/docs/pdf/asr/Oct09ASRFeature.pdf

family income by race and ethnicity 2007

2010-09-26T17:57:00.000-07:00

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2010/tables/10s0679.pdf

educational attainment in the united states 2008

2010-09-26T17:52:00.000-07:00

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2010/tables/10s0225.pdf

Race in Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2010-09-26T16:52:00.000-07:00

Race in Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

However, some studies, focusing in the difference between self- and alter-classification show that this phenomenon is far more complex than "money whitens". For instance, according to a study conducted by Paula Miranda-Ribeiro and André Junqueira Caetano among women in Recife, while there is significant inconsistency between the "parda" and "preta" categories, most women are consistently classified by themselves and interviewers into "brancas" and non-brancas. 21,97% of women were consistently classified as White, and 55.13% of women were consistently classified as non-White, while 22.89% of women where inconsistently classified. But the inconsistently classified women reveal an important aspect of economic "whitening". "Self-darkening" women, i.e., those who view themselves as "pretas" or "pardas" but are classified as "brancas" by the interviewers (4.08% of women) have above average education, while the 18.82% "self-whitening" women have a low average education, lower indeed than that of consistently non-White women[72].

O. J. Simpson murder case - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2010-09-22T01:25:00.001-07:00

O. J. Simpson murder case - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

An NBC poll taken in 2004 reported that, although 77% of 1,186 people sampled thought Simpson was guilty, only 27% of blacks in the sample believed so, compared to 87% of whites.

Who’s Hispanic? - Pew Hispanic Center

2010-09-19T23:03:00.001-07:00

Who’s Hispanic? - Pew Hispanic Center

Q. What about Brazilians, Portuguese, and Filipinos? Are they Hispanic?

A. They are in the eyes of the Census if they say they are, even though these countries do not fit the official OMB definition of "Hispanic" because they are not Spanish speaking. For the most part, people who trace their ancestry to these countries do not self-identify as Hispanic when they fill out their Census forms. Only about 4% of immigrants from Brazil do so, as do just 1% of immigrants from Portugal or the Philippines.3 These patterns reflect a growing recognition and acceptance of the official definition of Hispanics. In the 1980 Census, about one in six Brazilian immigrants and one in eight Portuguese and Filipino immigrants identified as Hispanic. Similar shares did so in the 1990 Census, but by 2000, the shares identifying as Hispanic dropped to levels close to those seen today.

Why the U.S. Census Misreads Hispanic and Arab Americans - TIME

2010-09-19T22:55:00.000-07:00

Why the U.S. Census Misreads Hispanic and Arab Americans - TIME

Many feel the Census also needs to fine-tune its idea of what is and isn't Hispanic. It tends to define Latin America as just the Spanish-speaking countries of the western hemisphere, when the term also encompasses Portuguese-speaking Brazil. It also includes Spaniards in the "Hispanic Origins" box, when in fact a Spaniard is a European, not a Hispanic.

The Hispanic Population

2010-09-19T22:49:00.001-07:00

The Hispanic Population(C2KBR/01-3) [PDF 509k]

Go to page 3, Table 1.

Census 2000 Briefs and Special Reports Series

HISPANIC OR LATINO BY TYPE
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,305,818 100.0
Mexican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,640,711 58.5
Puerto Rican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,406,178 9.6
Cuban. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,241,685 3.5
Other Hispanic or Latino. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,017,244 28.4
Dominican (Dominican Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764,945 2.2
Central American (excludes Mexican) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,686,937 4.8
Costa Rican. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,588 0.2
Guatemalan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372,487 1.1
Honduran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217,569 0.6
Nicaraguan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177,684 0.5
Panamanian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,723 0.3
Salvadoran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655,165 1.9
Other Central American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,721 0.3
South American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,353,562 3.8
Argentinean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,864 0.3
Bolivian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,068 0.1
Chilean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,849 0.2
Colombian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470,684 1.3
Ecuadorian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260,559 0.7
Paraguayan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,769 0.0
Peruvian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233,926 0.7
Uruguayan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,804 0.1
Venezuelan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,507 0.3
Other South American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,532 0.2
Spaniard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,135 0.3
All other Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,111,665 17.3
Checkbox only, other Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,733,274 4.9
Write-in Spanish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686,004 1.9
Write in Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,454,529 7.0
Write-in Latino. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450,769 1.3
Not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787,089 2.2

Census 2000 Briefs and Special Reports Series

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Census 2000 Briefs and Special Reports Series

The OMB defines Hispanic or Latino as “a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.” In data collection and presentation, federal agencies are required to use a minimum of two ethnicities: “Hispanic or Latino” and “Not Hispanic or Latino.”

Staten Island Grapples With Attacks Against Mexicans : NPR

2010-09-03T14:00:00.001-07:00

Staten Island Grapples With Attacks Against Mexicans : NPR

Police are investigating a string of at least 10 alleged hate crimes in the borough's Port Richmond area since April — all violent, and all perpetrated against Mexicans.

The Enduring Relevance of Affirmative Action | The American Prospect

2010-08-11T16:31:00.001-07:00

The Enduring Relevance of Affirmative Action | The American Prospect

The amorphous and malleable idea of "diversity" provided much needed buoyancy to affirmative action, especially in the 2003 University of Michigan affirmative-action cases when 65 major companies, including American Express, Coca Cola, and Microsoft, asserted that maintaining racial diversity in institutions of higher education is vital to their efforts to hire and maintain a diverse workforce. A group of former high-ranking officers and civilian leaders of the military concurred, declaring that "a highly qualified, racially diverse officer corps ... is essential to the military's ability to fulfill its principal mission to provide national security." Even Theodore Olson, the Bush administration's solicitor general, took pains to defer to "diversity" in a brief on the case.

Principal bans U.S. flag T-shirts on Mexican holiday

2010-05-15T22:48:00.001-07:00

Principal bans U.S. flag T-shirts on Mexican holiday

Principal bans U.S. flag T-shirts on Mexican holiday
Students sent home for wearing 'incendiary' stars and stripes on Cinco de Mayo

Powerless in Arizona | The American Prospect

2010-05-14T12:02:00.000-07:00

Powerless in Arizona | The American Prospect

Indeed, in the past decade the state has taken an increasingly stringent approach to immigration enforcement. In 2004, Arizona voters approved Proposition 200, which requires proof of citizenship at voting booths and in applying for social services. Legislators passed an "English only" law in 2006 and have also barred non-citizens – and even recent citizens – from receiving financial aid for higher education. Phoenix is also home to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has gained notoriety for random immigration raids on businesses and immigrant-detainee abuses.

15 protesters arrested in ethnic studies sit-in - KGUN 9 On Your Side, Tucson News, Weather & Sports

2010-05-13T22:48:00.001-07:00

15 protesters arrested in ethnic studies sit-in - KGUN 9 On Your Side, Tucson News, Weather & Sports

University of Arizona professor and member of the Mexican-American Studies Advisory Board, Roberto Rodriquez, was one of 37 people who stayed behind as the protestors were cleared from the courtyard. He told KGUN 9 the bill is another attack on Chicanos.

"SB1070 is the physical, that is somebody doesn't want us here, the other, HB 2281 is about our spirits. They want our spirits, they want our souls."

HB 2281 prohibits a school district or charter school from including courses or classes that either promote the overthrow of the United States government or promote resentment toward a race or class of people.

2010-05-13T22:18:00.001-07:00

HB 2281 prohibits a school district
or charter school from including courses or classes that either promote
the
overthrow of the United States government or promote resentment toward a
race
or class of people.

Format Document

Provisions

· States that the Legislature finds and declares that public school pupils should be taught to treat and value each other as individuals and not be taught to resent or hate other races or classes of people.

· Prohibits a school district or charter school from including in its program of instruction any courses or classes that:

Ø Promote the overthrow of the United States government.

Ø Promote resentment toward a race or class of people.

Ø Are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group.

Ø Advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals.

Citing Individualism, Arizona Tries to Rein in Ethnic Studies in School - NYTimes.com

2010-05-13T22:10:00.001-07:00

Citing Individualism, Arizona Tries to Rein in Ethnic Studies in School - NYTimes.com

“They are teaching a radical ideology in Raza, including that Arizona and other states were stolen from Mexico and should be given back,” he continued, referring to the Mexican-American studies classes. “My point of view is that these kids’ parents and grandparents came, mostly legally, because this is the land of opportunity, and we should teach them that if they work hard, they can accomplish anything.”

Arizona Law - Ethnic Studies - Anderson Cooper | Mediaite

2010-05-13T22:04:00.001-07:00

Arizona Law - Ethnic Studies - Anderson Cooper | Mediaite

The most exemplary exchange in the debate for the general attitude of both sides comes late in the segment, when Dyson argues that “Martin Luther King [he comes up often in this clip] cannot by used to justify xenophobic and racist passions that are dressed up as desires to reform the curriculum.” Horne replies, “I think the xenophobia and racism is on your side.”

Arizona's immigration crackdown: The backlash begins | The Economist

2010-05-07T12:18:00.000-07:00

Arizona's immigration crackdown: The backlash begins | The Economist

The Latino movement usually grows by spurts in response to xenophobic overreactions by conservative America, and the Arizona law may be the biggest overreaction yet, according to Mr Gonzalez. It has “done more to organise our community than we could have done” and made it “the most vibrant social movement in America today, 100 times larger than the tea-party movement.”

FIVE MYTHS ABOUT IMMIGRATION: Common Misconceptions Underlying U.S. Border-Enforcement Policy

2010-05-05T12:18:00.000-07:00

http://www.visaportal.com/downloads/IPC-FiveMythsAboutImmigration.pdf

“When Less is More: Border Enforcement and Undocumented Migration” Testimony of Douglas S. Massey

2010-05-05T12:04:00.000-07:00

http://cmd.princeton.edu/papers/house%20testimony%2004%2020%2007.pdf

Testimony of Douglas S. Massey before the. Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees,. Border Security, and International Law

2010-05-05T12:03:00.000-07:00

Testimony of Douglas Massey - Google Search

Apr 20, 2007 ... Testimony of Douglas S. Massey before the. Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees,. Border Security, and International Law

ILW.COM - immigration news: Five Myths About Immigration: Common Misconceptions Underlying US Border-Enforcement Policy

2010-05-05T11:28:00.000-07:00

ILW.COM - immigration news: Five Myths About Immigration: Common Misconceptions Underlying US Border-Enforcement Policy

The current crisis of undocumented immigration to the United States has its roots in fundamental misunderstandings about the causes of immigration and the motivations of immigrants. A growing body of evidence indicates that current border enforcement policies are based on mistaken assumptions and have failed. Undocumented migrants continue to come to the United States, rates of apprehension are at all-time lows, and migrants are settling in the United States at higher rates than ever before. Developing effective and realistic immigration policies requires overcoming five basic myths about immigration:

Data and Resources: Country of Origin Profiles - Pew Hispanic Center

2010-05-04T13:43:00.001-07:00

Data and Resources: Country of Origin Profiles - Pew Hispanic Center

Country of Origin Profiles

Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States, 2008 - Pew Hispanic Center

2010-05-04T13:36:00.001-07:00

Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States, 2008 - Pew Hispanic Center

Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States, 2008

Hispanics and Arizona’s New Immigration Law - Pew Hispanic Center

2010-05-03T12:23:00.000-07:00

Hispanics and Arizona’s New Immigration Law - Pew Hispanic Center

Hispanics and Arizona’s New Immigration Law

Blacks Upbeat about Black Progress, Prospects - Pew Social & Demographic Trends

2010-05-03T12:18:00.000-07:00

Blacks Upbeat about Black Progress, Prospects - Pew Social & Demographic Trends

Blacks Upbeat about Black Progress, Prospects
A Year After Obama's Election

Mexican Immigrants: How Many Come? How Many Leave? - Pew Hispanic Center

2010-05-03T11:40:00.001-07:00

Mexican Immigrants: How Many Come? How Many Leave? - Pew Hispanic Center

The flow of immigrants from Mexico to the United States has declined sharply since mid-decade, but there is no evidence of an increase during this period in the number of Mexican-born migrants returning home from the U.S., according to a new analysis by the Pew Hispanic Center of government data from both countries.

Mexico's remittances down 12 pct in 1st quarter - BusinessWeek

2010-05-03T11:30:00.000-07:00

Mexico's remittances down 12 pct in 1st quarter - BusinessWeek

Mexico's central bank says the amount of money sent home by Mexicans working abroad dropped 12 percent in the first quarter of the year compared to 2009.

The Bank of Mexico says the country received $4.8 billion in remittances in the first three months of the year, compared to $5.5 billion during the same period in 2009.

Mexico's remittances have been falling for more than a year amid an economic crisis making it difficult for migrants to find jobs in the U.S. However, a statement from the bank Wednesday says the pace of the decline is slowing.

Remittances are Mexico's No. 2 source of foreign income after oil exports. Almost 12 million Mexicans live in the United States.

Explaining the Increase in Remittances to Mexico - Southwest Economy, July/August 2007 - FRB Dallas

2010-05-03T11:29:00.000-07:00

Explaining the Increase in Remittances to Mexico - Southwest Economy, July/August 2007 - FRB Dallas

Banco de México has good data on where remittances go within Mexico (Table 1). The central–western states attract most of these financial flows, with Michoacán at the top with almost $2.5 billion, 16.1 percent of gross state product (GSP). Guanajuato follows at $2.1 billion (14.8 percent), then Jalisco at $2 billion (2.4 percent) and Estado de México at $1.9 billion (6.3 percent). As a share of GSP, remittances are also significant in Guerrero, Zacatecas, Oaxaca and Nayarit.

Remittances to Mexico down sharply - Los Angeles Times

2010-05-03T11:26:00.000-07:00

Remittances to Mexico down sharply - Los Angeles Times

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's reeling economy received another jolt of bad news Monday with reports of the largest monthly decline yet in the amount of money Mexicans working abroad send home.

Remittances for the month of April totaled about $1.7 billion, 18.6% less than the $2.1 billion recorded in April 2008, Mexico's central bank said.

Op-Ed Columnist - The Rage Is Not About Health Care - NYTimes.com

2010-04-27T19:12:00.000-07:00

Op-Ed Columnist - The Rage Is Not About Health Care - NYTimes.com

If Obama’s first legislative priority had been immigration or financial reform or climate change, we would have seen the same trajectory. The conjunction of a black president and a female speaker of the House — topped off by a wise Latina on the Supreme Court and a powerful gay Congressional committee chairman — would sow fears of disenfranchisement among a dwindling and threatened minority in the country no matter what policies were in play. It’s not happenstance that Frank, Lewis and Cleaver — none of them major Democratic players in the health care push — received a major share of last weekend’s abuse. When you hear demonstrators chant the slogan “Take our country back!,” these are the people they want to take the country back from.

Ritz-Carlton Hotel Allegedly Granted Guest's Discriminatory Request - ABC News

2010-04-23T21:41:00.001-07:00

Ritz-Carlton Hotel Allegedly Granted Guest's Discriminatory Request - ABC News

On March 12, 2010, the family came for dinner at the hotel's Grill Restaurant. Tranchant was working there but was prevented by immediate supervisors that night from serving the family dinner, the suit says.

Tranchant said in the suit that he "was humiliated, embarrassed, frightened, intimidated, subject to undeserved shame and suffered severe emotional distress." Tranchant says in his suit that he has sought medical and psychological treatment. He declined to comment.

Obama slams Arizona immigration bill - CNN.com

2010-04-23T10:48:00.000-07:00

Obama slams Arizona immigration bill - CNN.com

Washington (CNN) -- President Obama on Friday criticized a controversial new immigration bill in Arizona, calling it "misguided."

"Our failure to act responsible at the federal level will only open the door to irresponsibility by others. That includes, for example, the recent efforts in Arizona, which threaten to undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans, as well as the trust between police and their communities that is so crucial to keeping us safe," the president said at a naturalization ceremony for 24 members of the military.

Arizona immigration bill ignites outcry from students and Latino advocates

2010-04-23T10:45:00.001-07:00

Arizona immigration bill ignites outcry from students and Latino advocates

While a poll indicates a 70 percent approval rating for Senate Bill 1070, the tough immigration legislation
awaiting the governor's veto or signature also has unleashed a groundswell of activism among Arizona's young people and Latino advocates at a level not seen since immigration
marches in 2006.

About Us :: racismreview.com

2010-04-22T23:55:00.001-07:00

About Us :: racismreview.com

RacismReview is intended to provide a credible and reliable source of information for journalists, students and members of the general public who are seeking solid evidence-based research and analysis of “race,” racism, ethnicity, and immigration issues, especially as they undergird and shape U.S. society within a global setting. We also provide substantive research and analysis on local, national, and global resistance to racial and ethnic oppression, including the many types of antiracist activism.

The 'Other' Laughs Back: Humour and Resistance in Anti-racist Comedy -- Weaver 44 (1): 31 -- Sociology

2010-04-22T23:08:00.001-07:00

The 'Other' Laughs Back: Humour and Resistance in Anti-racist Comedy -- Weaver 44 (1): 31 -- Sociology

This article outlines the ‘reverse discourses’ of black, African-American and Afro-Caribbean comedians in the UK and USA. These reverse discourses appear in comic acts that employ the sign-systems of embodied and cultural racism but develop, or seek to develop, a reverse semantic effect. I argue the humour of reverse discourse is significant in relation to racism because it forms a type of resistance that can, first, act rhetorically against racist meaning and so attack racist truth claims and points of ambivalence. Second, and connected to this, it can rhetorically resolve the ambiguity of the reverse discourse itself. Alongside this, and paradoxically, reverse discourses also contain a polysemic element that can, at times, reproduce racism. The article seeks to develop a means of analysing the relationship between racist and non-racist meaning in such comedic performance.

anti-racist comedy

2010-04-22T23:06:00.001-07:00

BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Thinking Allowed, 10/03/2010

Also, from Richard Pryor to Lenny Henry - how humour can reinforce or subvert racial stereotypes. The sociologist Simon Weaver tells Laurie about his research into the nature and variety of anti-racist comedy.

Illegal Immigrants May Face New Curbs in Arizona - NYTimes.com

2010-04-22T16:01:00.001-07:00

Illegal Immigrants May Face New Curbs in Arizona - NYTimes.com

The police would be authorized to arrest immigrants unable to show documents allowing them to be in the country and the legislation would leave drivers open to sanctions in some cases for knowingly transporting an illegal immigrant, even a relative. It expressly forbids cities from adopting “sanctuary” policies that restrict the police and public workers from immigration enforcement, though it was a matter of debate if any cities had such policies.

Confederate history is about race - CNN.com

2010-04-15T17:02:00.001-07:00

Confederate history is about race - CNN.com

Historically, Confederate versions of the past and Confederate symbols have meant opposition to equal rights for all Americans. In officially recognizing Confederate History Month, Gov. McDonnell is asking Virginians to join together in celebration of this history of white supremacy.

Midterm Four Take-Home Question

2010-04-14T12:12:00.001-07:00

Soc 206
Spring 10
Midterm Four Take-Home Question

DUE Monday, April 19, IN CLASS

Discuss the experience of women, particularly as their lives are impacted by poverty and ethnic minority status. This question is worth 12 points. The suggested length is two pages double-spaced. As always, extra credit points will be awarded for completeness (thoroughly answering the question), quality of writing, and critical thinking. You may also include personal observations and external sources as well.

For full credit, you must reference ALL the following readings AND show knowledge of lecture material:

In Race and Ethnicity in the United States, Higginbotham and Andersen:
46. Heidi Barajas and Jennifer Pierce, "The Significance of Race and Gender in School Success among Latinas and Latinos in College."
31. Avis A. Jones DeWeever and Heidi Hartmann, "Abandoned before the
Storms: The Glaring Disaster of Gender, Race, and Class Disparities in the Gulf."
40. Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas, "How Motherhood Changed My Life."
41. Dorothy Roberts, "Child Welfare as a Racial Justice Issue."
42. Beth Ritchie, "The Social Construction of the Immoral Black Mother."

Lexington: Sex and the single black woman | The Economist

2010-04-11T22:30:00.001-07:00

Lexington: Sex and the single black woman | The Economist

As incarceration rates exploded between 1970 and 2007, the proportion
of US-born black women aged 30-44 who were married plunged from 62% to
33%.

“I thought I was a catch,” sighs an attractive black female doctor at a hospital in Washington, DC. Black men with good jobs know they are “a hot commodity”, she observes. When there are six women chasing one man, “It’s like, what are you going to do extra, to get his attention?” Some women offer sex on the first date, she says, which makes life harder for those who prefer to combine romance with commitment. She complains about a recent boyfriend, an electrician whom she had been dating for about six months, whose phone started ringing late at night. It turned out to be his other girlfriend. Pressed, he said he didn’t realise the relationship was meant to be exclusive.

Our Racial Interior | The American Prospect - stereotype threat

2010-04-11T22:22:00.001-07:00

Our Racial Interior | The American Prospect

Other studies have found that test takers under identity threat show physiological signs of anxiety -- increasing heart rate and higher blood pressure -- even when they say they don't feel anxious. Steele refers to this pattern of denial as "trying to slay a ghost in the room." The Herculean effort of trying to disprove a stereotype, Steele argues, "leaves little mental capacity free for anything else we're doing." These cognitive effects, he explains, are as potent a limit on the life chances of minorities as the segregated institutions of his youth in Chicago.

Tim Wise's Blog - White privilege

2010-04-11T20:30:00.001-07:00

Red Room | Where the Writers Are

Tim Wise's Blog - White privilege

Neighborhood Racial-Composition Preferences: Evidence form a Multiethnic Metropolis

2010-03-29T12:21:00.001-07:00

Neighborhood Racial-Composition Preferences: Evidence form a Multiethnic Metropolis

http://www.econ.brown.edu/fac/glenn_loury/louryhomepage/teaching/Ec%20137/Ec%20137%20spring07/camille-charles.pdf

THE DYNAMICS OF RACIAL RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION

2010-03-29T12:19:00.001-07:00

THE DYNAMICS OF RACIAL RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION

http://www.sociology.osu.edu/classes/soc367/payne/Racial%20Residential%20Segregation.pdf

Community Reinvestment Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2010-03-29T10:25:00.001-07:00

Community Reinvestment Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Some economists, politicians and other commentators have charged that the CRA contributed in part to the 2008 financial crisis by encouraging banks to make unsafe loans. Economists from the Federal Reserve and the FDIC, dispute this contention. The Federal Reserve, having examined the evidence, holds that empirical research has not validated any relationship between the CRA and the 2008 financial crisis[98]. At the FDIC, Chair Sheila Bair delivered remarks noting that the majority of subprime loans originated from lenders not regulated by the CRA, calling it a "scapegoat" and declaring it "NOT guilty."[99]

The Slow March Toward Immigration Reform | The American Prospect

2010-03-27T22:35:00.001-07:00

The Slow March Toward Immigration Reform | The American Prospect

The growing nativism among members of Congress reflects a society-wide trend. Since the 2006 protests, membership in anti-immigrant groups has increased 600 percent. The number of these groups has also risen from around 40 in 2005 to over 250 today. Many of these groups have gained a veneer of credibility by posing as nonpartisan think tanks. The Center for Immigration Studies, which together with NumbersUSA and FAIR forms a sort of racist trifecta, routinely sends out innocuous-looking policy papers that surprisingly find, time after time, that immigrants pose a threat to our economic and social stability. Their members are called to testify before Congress as "experts," but as the Southern Poverty Law Center has extensively documented, behind their wonky image and deceptive use of statistics lies the bigotry of John Tanton, the eugenicist and white supremacist who helped found all three organizations. These lobbying groups donate millions to anti-immigrant legislators and are a powerful force in Washington.

Interracial Dating & Marriage : Asian-Nation :: Asian American History, Demographics, & Issues

2010-03-27T22:24:00.001-07:00

Interracial Dating & Marriage : Asian-Nation :: Asian American History, Demographics, & Issues

These results can be considered in combination with the Shinagawa and Pang article, which points out that for all Asian ethnic groups and both husbands and wives, the percentage who are intermarrying with Whites has increased in recent decades, with the one exception of Japanese American wives. However, their study also finds that with the exception of U.S.-raised Korean women, all other Asian ethnic groups and husbands and wives are also more likely to marry another Asian (either within their own ethnic group or some other Asian ethnic group) than to marry a White person.

Most Americans Approve of Interracial Marriages

2010-03-27T21:01:00.001-07:00

Most Americans Approve of Interracial Marriages

More than three in four Americans say they approve of marriages between blacks and whites -- similar to the results measured in 2003 and 2004. As recently as 1994, less than half of Americans approved. The vast majority of whites and an even larger majority of blacks approve of interracial marriages. Older Americans -- regardless of race or ethnicity -- are less inclined to support interracial marriages than are younger Americans, but still, older Americans show majority support.

Keith Maddox, Racial Phenotypicality Bias

2010-03-21T22:44:00.001-07:00

Tufts University Social Cognition (TUSC) Lab

Individuals with features that are more Afrocentric (dark skin tone, coarse hair, broad noses, and full lips) are perceived more negatively – and stereotypically – than individuals with less Afrocentric features.

Quiz: Stuff White People Like

2010-03-19T11:59:00.001-07:00

Quiz: Stuff White People Like (1-87)

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack Peggy McIntosh

2010-03-17T12:21:00.001-07:00

white privilege - Google Search

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack Peggy McIntosh

White people need to acknowledge benefits of unearned privilege

2010-03-17T12:19:00.001-07:00

Here's what white privilege sounds like...

White people need to acknowledge
benefits of unearned privilege

White privilege - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2010-03-17T12:17:00.001-07:00

White privilege - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In critical race theory, white privilege is a way of conceptualizing racial inequalities that focuses as much on the advantages that whites accrue as on the disadvantages that people of color experience. Unlike theories of overt racism or prejudice, which suggest that people actively seek to oppress or demean other racial groups, theories of white privilege assert that the experience of whites is viewed by whites as normal rather than advantaged.

White privilege

2010-03-17T12:13:00.001-07:00

White privilege - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The disparity is not simply a matter of color: School District data indicate income, English-language proficiency and home stability are also important correlates to achievement...By promoting the "white privilege" canard and by designing a student indoctrination plan, the Seattle School District is putting retrograde, leftist politics ahead of academics, while the perpetrators of "white privilege" are minimizing the capabilities of minorities.

White Privilege, Palin

2010-03-17T11:50:00.001-07:00

U.S. Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of New Haven Firefighters

2010-03-17T11:34:00.001-07:00

Supreme Court Firefighter: U.S. Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of New Haven Firefighters - Courant.com

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that 20 white New Haven firefighters who were denied promotion were victims of illegal racial discrimination. But while critical of New Haven for using "raw, racial statistics" to invalidate a promotional examination, the court stopped short of ordering broad changes to race-and-hiring law sought by the firefighters and their supporters.

The 5-4 decision, which Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority, leaves intact the portion of the law that New Haven used to invalidate the examination after no black applicants scored high enough to qualify for promotion. But analysts said the decision could raise the standard that employers must meet in the future to reject test results in similar circumstances.

Supreme Court to consider another case on racial bias in hiring

2010-03-17T11:19:00.001-07:00

Supreme Court to consider another case on racial bias in hiring - Los Angeles Times

Last year, the justices ruled for white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who said they were victims of illegal racial discrimination when the city threw out the results of a promotion test. The whites had earned high scores and would have gotten nearly all the promotions. City officials dropped the test results because they feared being sued by blacks who were denied promotions.

The Mark of a Criminal Record

2010-03-14T21:27:00.000-07:00

Princeton University Department of Sociology

Pager, Devah. 2003. “The Mark of a Criminal Record.” American Journal of Sociology 108(5):937-975.

Race Matters - Devah Pager

2010-03-14T19:51:00.001-07:00

Race Matters - Devah Pager

To isolate the effect of a criminal record on the job search, Ms. Pager sent pairs of young, well-groomed, well-spoken college men with identical r´sum´s to apply for 350 advertised entry-level jobs in Milwaukee. The only difference was that one said he had served an 18-month prison sentence for cocaine possession. Two teams were black, two white.

A telephone survey of the same employers followed. For her black testers, the callback rate was 5 percent if they had a criminal record and 14 percent if they did not. For whites, it was 17 percent with a criminal record and 34 percent without.

Conservatives put stamp on Texas textbooks

2010-03-13T19:00:00.001-08:00

Conservatives put stamp on Texas textbooks - Education- msnbc.com

Another amendment deleted a requirement that sociology students "explain how institutional racism is evident in American society."

Stereotype threat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2010-03-10T11:45:00.001-08:00

Stereotype threat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The phenomenon was later examined by the social psychologists Claude Steele and Joshua Aronson, who articulated the mechanism of "stereotype threat" that contributes to test performance of minority groups. In one such study, Steele and Aronson (1995) administered the Graduate Record Examination to European American and African American students. Half of each group was told that their intelligence was being measured, while the other half didn't know what the test was measuring. The European American students performed almost equally in the two conditions of the experiment. African Americans, in contrast, performed far worse than they otherwise would have when they were told their intelligence was being measured. The researchers concluded this was because stereotype threat made the students anxious about confirming the stereotype regarding African American IQ. The researchers found that the difference was even more noticeable when race was emphasized.

Stereotype threat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2010-03-10T11:41:00.001-08:00

Stereotype threat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Stereotype threat

The Police Officer's Dilemma

2010-03-09T13:12:00.000-08:00

UC SPiRL

Our research has provided robust evidence of racial bias in decisions to shoot (Correll, Park, Judd & Wittenbrink, 2002; Correll, Park, Judd, Wittenbrink, Sadler & Keesee, in press; Correll, Urland & Ito, 2006). Participants shoot an armed target more quickly and more often when that target is Black, rather than White. However, participants decide not to shoot an unarmed target more quickly and more often when the target is White, rather than Black. In essence, participants seem to process stereotype-consistent targets (armed Blacks and unarmed Whites) more easily than counterstereotypic targets (unarmed Blacks and armed Whites).

shooter effect

2010-03-09T13:11:00.001-08:00

shooter001

IAT extra credit survey

2010-03-03T21:49:00.000-08:00

Optional Implicit Association Test Survey

If you complete this activity, you will receive one extra credit point.

This activity will take you about one hour. You will take two Implicit Association Tests. After you take one test, you will answer some questions. You will then take and another test, then answer some more questions. One concerns race and the other weight.

Surveys must be completed by March 20, 2010.

If you were born on an even day of the month, click below and follow the instructions,

Even: http://www.websurvey.site90.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=78566&lang=en

If you were born on an odd day of the month, click below and follow the instructions,

Odd: http://www.websurvey.site90.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=96255&lang=en

Same-sex marriage becomes legal in D.C.

2010-03-03T11:58:00.001-08:00

Same-sex marriage becomes legal in D.C.; line forms - USATODAY.com

Washington will be the sixth place in the nation where gay marriages can take place. Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont currently issue licenses to same-sex couples.

Multiracial no longer boxed in by the Census

2010-03-03T11:53:00.001-08:00

Multiracial no longer boxed in by the Census - USATODAY.com

• About three of 10 marriages involving Hispanics or Asians are now mixed-race, and almost one of six involving blacks are mixed race, according to an analysis by demographer Frey.

• About 9% of marriages involving non-Hispanic whites are mixed.

Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center at Northeastern University

2010-03-01T11:57:00.001-08:00

Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center at Northeastern University

The following are traffic and pedestrian stop data collection reports that have been released by different jurisdictions and community groups.

Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center at Northeastern University

2010-03-01T11:53:00.001-08:00

Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center at Northeastern University

The Institute on Race and Justice at Northeastern University utilizes strategic social science research methodologies to assist government agencies, educational institutions, and members of the community in the development of policy changes that advanced the cause of social justice.

Midterm Two Take-Home Question

2010-02-25T22:06:00.000-08:00

Soc 206
Spring 10
Midterm Two Take-Home Question

DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 5, IN CLASS

Characterize racial and ethnic inequality in the United States. Suggest possible explanations. This question is worth 20 points. The suggested length is two pages double-spaced. As always, extra credit points will be awarded for completeness (thoroughly answering the question), quality of writing, and critical thinking. You may also include personal observations and external sources as well.

For full credit, you must reference ALL the following readings AND show knowledge of lecture material:

In Race and Ethnic Relations, Marger: Chapter 2, Ethnic Stratification

In Race and Ethnicity in the United States, Higginbotham and Andersen:
5. American Sociological Association, "The Importance of Collecting Data and Doing Social Scientific Research on Race."
30. Alan Jenkins, "Inequality, Race, and Remedy."
29. Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro, "Wealth Inequality Trends "
20. Evelyn Nakano Glenn, "Citizenship and Inequality."
22. Suzanne Oboler, "It Must Be a Fake!" Racial Ideologies, Identities, and the Question of Rights."
47. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, "Keeping Them in Their Place."
48. Tricia Rose, "Hidden Politics: Discursive and Institutional Policing of Rap
Music."
49. Christina Swarms, "The Uneven Scales of Capital Justice."
51. Roger Daniels, "Detaining Minority Citizens, Then and Now."
44 Linda Darling-Hammond, "The Color Line in American Education."
45. Jonathan Kozol, "The Shame of the Nation."

Working for Cents on the Dollar: Race and Ethnic Wage Gaps in the Noncollege Labor Market

2010-02-25T17:35:00.001-08:00

Working for Cents on the Dollar: Race and Ethnic Wage Gaps in the Noncollege Labor Market

Working for Cents on the Dollar
Race and Ethnic Wage Gaps in the Noncollege Labor Market
Gregory Acs, Pamela J. Loprest

The Silent Voices: 2000 Presidential Election and the Minority Vote in Florida

2010-02-25T17:29:00.001-08:00

EBSCOhost Connection: The Silent Voices: 2000 Presidential Election and the Minority Vote in Florida.

The Silent Voices: 2000 Presidential Election and the Minority Vote in Florida.

The Black-White Gap in Mathematics Course Taking

2010-02-25T15:49:00.001-08:00

American Sociological Association: Sociology of Education

The Black-White Gap in Mathematics Course Taking

Asian Double Eyelid Blepharoplasty Surgery

2010-02-25T15:34:00.001-08:00

Meronk - Asian Double Eyelid Blepharoplasty Surgery

What Characterizes an Attractive Eyelid?

Are Ideal Litigators White? Measuring the Myth of Colorblindness

2010-02-25T14:48:00.001-08:00

SSRN Author Page for Jerry Kang

Are Ideal Litigators White? Measuring the Myth of Colorblindness

Abstract:
This study examined whether explicit and implicit biases in favor of Whites and against Asian Americans would alter mock jurors' evaluation of a litigator's deposition. We found evidence of both explicit bias as measured by self-reports, and implicit bias as measured by two Implicit Association Tests. In particular, explicit stereotypes that the ideal litigator was White predicted worse evaluation of the Asian American litigator (outgroup derogation); by contrast, implicit stereotypes predicted preferential evaluation of the White litigator (ingroup favoritism). In sum, participants were not colorblind, at least implicitly, towards even a "model minority," and these biases produced racial discrimination. This study provides further evidence of the predictive and ecological validity of the Implicit Association Test.