Monday, June 11, 2018

The Historical Construction of Whiteness and Jews in US History

Here is a historical study of race from UCLA anthropologist, Karen Brodkin, called How the Jews Became White.

When and Why did Americans start racializing Jews and other Europeans?  What did they do before that?


What social, economic and political policies racialized European immigrants and how did these policies affect them?


What is the author's claim about how Jews became white?

What are the other ways that institutional constructions both created race and racism?

Friday, June 8, 2018

Census Categories Around the World 2001

from Understandingrace.org April 28, 2017

Australia
            Are you of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin?:
            Yes, Torres Strait Islander,
           
            What is your ancestry?:
            English, 
            Irish, 
            Italian, 
            German, 
            Greek, 
            Chinese, 
            Australian, 
            Other,

Brazil - official
            Choose your race:
            White - branca, 
            Black - preta, 
            Yellow - amarela, 
            Brown - parda, 
            Native, aboriginal - indigena, 
            Undeclared,


Brazil - popular
            White - branco,
            Olive - moreno,
            Light moreno - claro
            Mix of early colonial people in Caribbean and South America - pardo,
            Brown - preto 
            Black - negro
            Mulato - mixed
            Yellow - Amarello

Bulgaria
            What is your ethic group?:
            Bulgarian, 
            Turkish, 
            Gypsies, 
            Other,

Canada
            Are you an Aboriginal person, that is, North American Indian, Metis or Inuit (Eskimo)?:
                        Yes, North American Indian, 
                        Yes, Métis , 
                        Yes, Inuit (Eskimo) ,

            Are you:
                        Chinese,
                        White,
                        South Asian (e.g., East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, etc.),
                        Black,
                        Latin American,
                        Filipino,
                        SE Asian (Cambodian, Indonesian, Laotian, Vietnamese),
                        Arab,
                        West Asian (e.g. Afghan, Iranian, etc.),
                        Japanese,
                        Korean,
                        Other,

            Are you a member of an Indian Band/First Nation?:
                        Yes, member of an Indian Band/First Nation
            Are you a Treaty Indian or a Registered Indian as defined by the Indian Act of Canada?:
                        Yes, Treaty Indian or a Registered Indian

England
            What is your ethnic group?:
            British, 
            Irish, 
            Any other white background, 
           
            White and Black Caribbean, 
            White and Black African, 
            White and Asian, 
            Any other Mixed background, 

            Indian, 
            Pakistani, 
            Bangleshi, 
            Any other Asian background, 

            Caribbean, 
            African, 
            Any other black background, 

            Chinese, 
            Any other,

Guam
            What is your ethnic origin or race?:
            Chamorro, 
            Samoan, 
            White, 
            Black, 
            Carolinian, 
            Filipino, 
            Japanese,
            Korean, 
            Palauan, 
            Tongan, 
            Other,

Mexico
            Are you Náhuati, Mayan, Zapoteco, Mixteco or of another indigenous group?:
            Yes or No.

South Africa
            How would you describe yourself in terms of population group?:
                        Black African, 
                        Coloured, 
                        Indian or Asian, 
                        White, 
                        Other,

United States
            Are you Spanish/Hispanic/Latino?:
                        Yes, Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano, 
                        Yes, Puerto Rican, 
                        Yes, Cuban, 
                        Yes, other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino,
           
            What is your race? Mark "x" one or more of the races to indicate what you consider yourself to be:
                        White,
                        Black, African Am., or Negro,
                        American Indian or Alaska Native,
                        Asian Indian,
                        Chinese,
                        Filipino,
                        Japanese,         
                        Korean,
                        Vietnamese,
                        Other Asian,
                        Native Hawaiian,
                        Guamanian or Chamorro,
                        Samoan,
                        Other Pacific Islander,
                        Some other race,


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