Transcript OBJ: TO DETERMINE PATTERNS OF ETHNIC

OBJ: TO DETERMINE PATTERNS OF ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED
STATES BY IDENTIFYING HISTORICAL & CURRENT TRENDS OF MIGRATION
ETHNIC MIGRATION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES
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WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF FORCED
MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES?
VOLUNTARY?
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AFRICAN AMERICANS 1619
ASIAN & HISPANICS LATE 20TH & EARLY
21ST CENTURIES
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AFRICAN AMERICAN SLAVERY
MID 18TH C.
TRADE: MOLASSES &
RUM TO EURO.
CLOTH TO AFRICA &
SLAVES TO
NORTH AMERICA
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WHERE DID MOST AFRICAN AMERICANS
CLUSTER AS A RESULT OF SLAVERY?
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
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INTERNAL MIGRATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
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INTERREGIONAL? WHEN & WHERE TO?
NORTHERN CITIES POST CIVIL WAR-KS,
MI, IL
MOST DRAMATIC CHANGE IN
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF AA IN
THE U.S. WAS MOVEMENT TO N. CITIES
PUSH FACTORS?
DRED SCOT V SANFORD 1854
JIM CROW LAWS POST 1877
PLESSY V. FERGUSON 1896: SEPARATE
BUT =
POST WWI & WWII – MORE MOVED
NORTH & SOME FURTHER NORTH TO NY,
PHILLY, BOSTON
PUSH FACTORS?
JIM CROW, JOBS
MID 20TH CENTURY-INTRAREGIONAL
WHITE FLIGHT & BLOCKBUSTING SELL
HOUSES CHEAP & RE-SELL HIGH IN
ORDER TO CHANGE NEIBORHOOD’S
ETHNICITY
1954 BROWN V BD. OF ED – NULLIFIES
PLESSY
HISPANIC & ASIAN MIGRATION IN THE U.S.
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NYC 25%+ HISPANIC BUT ALL
HISPANICS IN NY 1/16TH OF
TOTAL POP
CA & TX LARGEST HISPANIC
POPS.
1/4 OF CALIFORNIA POP.
HISPANIC CLUSTERED IN LA;
ABOUT 1/2 OF ALL U.S.
HISPANICS LIVE IN CA
REGIONALLY CLUSTERED IN SW
ASIANS CLUSTERED IN WEST; 40%
HAWAIIAN POPULATION
1/2 ASIAN-AMERICAN
POPULATION LIVE IN CA = 12%
OF TOTAL POP
LATINO/HISPANICS LARGEST
ETHNIC MINORITY IN U.S.
RACE IN SOUTH AFRICA
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APARTHEID-PYSICAL SEPARATION
OF DIFFERENT RACES INTO GEO.
AREAS
1948 NATIONAL PARTY &
LEGISLATION
VOTE 1991 TO REPEAL
FRAMEWORK
1994 ELECTION OF MANDELA &
FULL REPEAL OF ALL APARTHEID
LAWS
4 RACES PRIOR TO 1994; BLACK,
WHITE, ASIAN & MIXED W/
DIFFERENT LEGAL STATUS
DUTCH 1652 – AFRIKAANS/BOER
BRITISH 1795-1948
MANDELA FIRST BLACK ELECTED
IN SOUTH AFRICA AS PRESIDENT &
1ST IN ALL OF SOUTHERN AFRICA