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History of Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.

Jack Johnson Nicknamed the "Negroe Deliverer", was the 1910 word heavy-weight boxing champion, first ever African-American to win such a title, faced off against Jim Jefferies in Reno, Nevada, Jefferies was dubbed the "Hope of the White Race", most media and others were assured Jefferies would emerge victorious, he had previously refused to fight any black men but agreed to assert the superiority of the white race. Johnson won decisively, the victory set of a chain of riots nationwide that resulted in 18 deaths and hundreds of injured. Also resulted in congress passing a bill to suppress motion picture films of prizefights. Johnson had a history of relations with white women, primarily prostitutes, was charged with the Mann Act (engaging in white slavery). His victory and sexuality challenged Anglo male manhood.

neurasthenia The term was coined by George Beard and It was explained as being a result of exhaustion of the central nervous system's energy reserves, which Beard attributed to modern civilization. Physicians in the Beard school of thought associated neurasthenia with the stresses of urbanization and the stress suffered as a result of the increasingly competitive business environment. Typically, it was associated with upper class people or professionals with sedentary employment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.62.205.233 (talk) 16:53, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

'Edward Said Edward Said was a writer that challenged the constructed idea of Orientalism, his book,Orientalism, argued that Americans and Europeans define their civilization in juxtaposition to middle east, imagined arabian countries as affluent, west used reason, east used emotions, applied this to east asia as well. "Said contended that Orientalist scholarship was and continues to be inextricably tied to the imperialist societies that produced it, making much of the work inherently politicized, servile to power, and therefore suspect."

Patrician Orientalism Characterized by a desire for Chinese luxuries, primarily for the elite and middle classes, there was admiration of Chinese culture, fueled by the belief that they were major contributors to civilaztion, emerged from enlightenment thought, desire of Chinese goods was to display status. In addition, westerners believed that by purchasing Chinese goods, they could control the Chinese market.

Commercial Orientalism Characterized by new technology i.e. penny press, theaters, dime museums, lectures, public spectacles. Also catered to the working class because it made things relatively cheap, like movies and newspapers. Chinese spectacles included Chang and Eng Bunker, the siamese twins. The response was both postivie and negative in come cases, in which some chinese moved back to China while others began to intermingle with citizens

Political Orientalism Occurred after reconstruction and led to increasing anti-Chinese movement. Political Orientalism included "Free Labor" which was when a worker had no control over who they could work with, also known as Coolie labor. The American public felt that the Chinese were no assimilating into American society. Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

'barrio This was the town were Frances Esquibel Tywoniak lived. it had no running water, no indoor pluming. the town as you can tall was run down but there was also a divide in the town. The white people were on one side of the town and the mexicans were on the other side of the town. It seemed to Frances that the white people were all going to go to college and be sucessful and most of the mexicans in the town would go no furhter then working in the fields.

Pahcucas Mexican Zoot-suitors. In the novel Migrant Daughter, they were always trying to start fights. They were described as being a more "militant" way of being Mexican American.

tracking system in school

the grandfather clause The term originated in late-19th-century legislation and constitutional amendments passed by a number of U.S. Southern states which created new restrictions on voting, but exempted those whose ancestors had the right to vote before the Civil War. The existence of slaves prior to the Civil War effectively excluded African Americans while allowing poor and illiterate whites to vote.

Black WCTU (Gender and Jim Crowe) Women's temperance christian union. Their approach was to get alcohol banned by : uplifting a race. They decided to disenfranchise from the WCTU, perviously they Black WCTU was considered a Junior program to the WCTU. This had caused some racial tension, because know the African Americans could have "leadership" roles. This caused the Black WCTU to form, they made their group the WCTU #2. They wanted to show that they could manage themselves. This caused from more tensions in interracial cooperation.

Black Best Man

New White Man The new white men were an orginazation of disinfranchised poor white men. they consoldiated theur power and formed a political group with not only other poor white men but also sucessful white men. what this did is it put a divide between the white males and black males. previously the political groups were divided amoung what class you were in. (rich class, middle class ect.) now the divide was formed between races.

Thomas Dixon, Jr Thomas F. Dixon, Jr. (January 11, 1864 – April 3, 1946) was an American Baptist minister, playwright, lecturer, North Carolina state legislator, lawyer, and author, perhaps best known for writing The Clansman — which was to become the inspiration for D. W. Griffith's film, The Birth of a Nation (1915).The film was extremely popular during its time and was even privately screened for President Woodrow Wilson.

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Charlotte Hawkins Brown

Black woman raised in a white community. She preformed well academically but encountered issues because of her race. She was the first African American member of the White WTCU and became president of the 2nd WTCU. She opened a college for African Americans. She wrote letters and asked for donations from prominent white women to get the school running. A connection with the white community was made because of this (ex. of interracial cooperation). She refused to comply with Jim Crow laws. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.207.59.2 (talk) 19:28, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Black YWCA

the 1933 dressmaker strike Led by Rose Pesotta who was sent from New York to organize the strike. Strike was intended to fight poor working conditions, mexican women were often working the most dangerous jobs for long hours with poor compensation. Used a bilingual appeal and appeal to women to grow support for the strike. Pesotta's participation as leader was controversial and revolutionary as this was relatively uncommon for a woman to spearhead a strike and be the face of a union. Over 2,000 female workers and over 80 factories participated in the four week long strike. Strike with a settlment that improved working conditions, but the union was not recognized and employers would also not enforce contract to hire only labor union members. It was the first time Mexican workers teamed with American Unions with significant support.

Rose Pesotta A Jewish woman who was an anarchist, labor activist, Russian immigrant, internationalist. Known primarily as one of the first female vice presidents of the international ladies garment workers union (ILGWU). Pesotta saw her union organizing as an opportunity to fulfill the anarchist mandate “to be among the people and teach them our ideal in practice.” In 1933, she spearheaded the Dressmakers General Strike in Los Angeles in the face of antipicketing injunctions, hired thugs, and communist dual unions. She mobilized the largely Mexican labor force through Spanish-language radio broadcasts and ads in ethnic newspapers.Pesotta played a key role, together with Lea Roback, in the unionization of Montreal's women's garment workers in the ILGWU in April 1937 and in the unions chronic struggles with communistm, in the 1920s. SHe resigned from the union in 1944 because she did not feel women were fairly represented. Following her resignation from union office, Pesotta published two memoirs: Bread upon the Waters (1945) and Days of Our Lives (1958).