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| Who made up 1/3 of the workforce from 1955-1963 |
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| What form of Structural Inequality led to the birth of the New Jim Crow era? |
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When does the supreme court start getting rid of the discriminatory laws for african american voters?
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| When was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed? |
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| What did automation eliminate? |
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| A need for large amounts of workers |
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| What happened in the Milwaukee employment study discussed in Fegins "Racist America"? |
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| White applicants with a criminal record were more likely to get a call back than african americans with no criminal record. |
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| Who founded the Revolutionary Action Movement in Philadelphia |
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| What was the purpose of the Black Vanguard Conference? |
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| To draft strategy for a march on Washington that would bring the capital to a halt |
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| When was the black panther party established? |
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| When did domestic automobile manufactures close or announce the imminent shutdown of twenty facilities that employed over 50,000 workers? |
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| Between January 1979 and December 1980 |
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| When did sundown towns become prominent ? |
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| During the Reconstruction era (c. 1890) |
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| How many jobs were truly created, due to such large amount of plant closings? |
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| About 110 jobs were created by new plant openings for every 100 jobs destroyed |
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| Who suffered the most because of the oppressive war on drugs? |
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| All minor drug offenders suffered on a judicial level due to the harsh drug policies, but African American males were most often profiled for petty drug crimes |
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| At what point did prejudice towards Muslims become structurally integrated into our society? What served as a catalyst for this racism? |
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| This racism has always been a facet of our culture, but more recently 9/11 heightened the media presence of Muslim archtypes in American media. |
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| What is the difference between Islam and Muslim? |
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| Islam is a faith and Muslime is a believer of that religion |
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| Since the immediate aftermath of 9/11 let to a decline of 30% of Arab and Muslim immigrants, what year did immigration of Arab and Muslims start rebounding? |
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| Which amendment is violated by law enforcement in the war on drugs? |
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| What was a racial downside to the New Deal during the 1930's in America? |
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| It favored white americans over blacks |
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| Rage caused by racism, outwardly shown or internally held can cause what? |
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| Emotional withdrawal, serious psychological or physical problems |
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| What percent of those who run major corportations or organizations are women or men of color? |
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| In 1997, the Pentagon handed over how many military pieces of equipment over to local law enforcement? |
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| 1.2million pieces of military equipment was handed out to law enforcement |
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| what does SWAT stand for? |
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| Special Weapons and Tactics |
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| What is the second largest Asian American grup after Chinese American? |
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