13th Documentary Notes – Flashcards
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13th Amendment
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abolished slavery, except as punishment for a crime
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"Birth of a Nation"
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a 1915 film credited with the "second era" of the KKK; portrayed Black men as unintelligent and sexually dangerous
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Jim Crow Laws
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state and local laws that upheld racial segregation; "separate but equal"; legal second class citizen status for Blacks; laws continued until 1965
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Emmett Till
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a 14 year old Black teen that was murdered for supposedly flirting with a white woman; his death and his mother's choice to have an open casket funeral/publish his pictures is credited with rallying support for the Civil Rights Movement
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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prohibits racial discrimination in voting
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Southern Strategy
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refers to methods the Republican Party used to gain political support in the South (after the Civil Rights Movement) by appealing to racist ideology held by many southern white voters against Blacks
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racial inequality
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(ex: race as a social construct; symbolic meaning of being a person of color compared to white; white privilege)
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politics/government
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(ex: voting - felons are not allowed to vote; felons are disproportionately people of color; ALEC; bills/laws introduced and passed)
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economy
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(ex: prisoners as a labor source; privately owned for-profit prisons; CCA & ALEC)
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power
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(ex: laws upheld/introduced by whom? With what bias? Power to label others. Who and what is criminalized?)
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the criminal justice system
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(ex: are all "criminals" treated equally? How does social class impact your experience in the CJ system? Race? Access to power and resources? Are prisons for punishment or rehabilitation?)
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Follow the timeline
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"War on Crime" (Nixon) / "War on Drugs" (Nixon/Reagan) & the Southern Strategy Link to the Civil Rights Movement Backlash
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media influence
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People of color, Civil rights activists, Rising crime rates after the Civil Rights Movement, Drug users ("war on drugs" & "war on crime")
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gender, sexuality & race
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(ex: think about the sexual stereotypes we discussed in class)
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theories of deviance
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(ex: how does this documentary tie in with various theories of deviance we discussed in class?)
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The U.S. has 5% of the world's population but _________ % of the world's prisoners.
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25%
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The U.S. has _______ million people in prison. Highest rate of incarceration in the world.
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2.3 million
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1 oz of crack has the same punishment as __________ oz of cocaine.
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100 oz
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________ % of elected prosecutors in the U.S. are white.
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95%
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Lifetime likelihood of imprisonment for white men is _________.
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1 in 17
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Lifetime likelihood of imprisonment for black men is _________
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1 in 3
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In the U.S, Blacks are _________% of the prison population but ________% of the U.S. Population
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40.2% prison 6.5% population
