Meritocracy

Meritocracy is an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth. During the time of segregation meritocracy was the complete opposite. People had a bigger opportunity in progress due to their social class and wealth which mostly involved white people. Colored perople did not have nearly half as much of privalage and opportunity as the white. Whether it was in school or at work. In A Class Divided, where the students perform better on the phonics task when they are in the group labeled superior than when those same students are in the group designated as inferior. Is an example of meritocracy, although it may be true people dont have the same mind set while working with the superior or the inferior group. I believe that you shouldnt set your mind on how far or how much you will achive according to the people around you. That should be a personal goal whether your are working with the best or the worst.

Topic 11 concept guide

MLK and Civil Disobedience-
-MLK Jr. was one of the most important leader through the Civil Rights Movement.
-MLK used Civil Disobedience, he would organize events where people would not fight back, they would just sit there and take the abuse.
- Montgomery Bus Boycott. Was one of the main events he planed. It lasted 381 days.
-At the end of the boycott thanks to MLK and Rosa Parks, Colored people were able to sit anywhere on the bus and did not have to give up their seat.

Power of the Mob
-very large group of people.
-Mobs usually get together to protest.
-This combined with Civil Disobedience always turned out in a win for the mobs.

Plessy v. Ferguson vs. Brown v. Board of Education
-Plessy v. Ferguson is a law that states "seperate but equal."
- Refers to the facilities such as bathrooms, water fountains, prisons, maternity wards, movies, buses, etc.
-Brown v. Board of Education overturned Plessy v. Ferguson in the year 1954 because it was considered unequal and unconstitutional. Which ment there could not be seperate facilities for different colored people.

Civil Rights Goals:
-People became very concerened.
-The main goals for the Civil Rights Movement was to get equal rights for colored people.
-Equal rights in the areas of Education and public facilities were a major area that the great leaders, MLK and Malcom X targeted.
-Freedom Rides, is where the black would drive to the deep south, and violate Jim Crow laws.
-Sometimes white college students would join .
Also, Malcolm Little, which changed his name to Malcolm X due to the whole slavery passing down the last name from it's white owner.

Eisenhower's role in Little Rock:
-In Little rock, Arkansas there was a school that was racially segregated and did not allow black students to enter.
-The school decided to create a blockade for the Nine black students to not enter the school.
-President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne after Governor Orvill Faubus sent 10,000 of the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine selected colored students to integrate into Central High School.
-there were angry mobs behind them screaming and yelling at them because they did not believe in the idea of having to go to school with colored people.

Rights of the Accused:
-Gideon v Wainwright said that the 6th Amendment requires counsel for defendants who are unable to afford their attorney.
- If they are not able to pay for an attorney taxes will pay for legal representation.
- Escobedo v Illinois said that criminal suspects have the right to counsel during police interrogation.
- Miranda v Arizona said that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with a counsel prior to interrogation.


Brown v. Board of Education:
-Over-ruled Plessy v. Ferguson.
-It stated that Plessy v. Ferguson was unequal and unconstitutional.
- Color ignites a movement.
-Oliver Brown sues school board, on behalf of his 8 year old daughter because she shouldn't be going to a school only for blacks.

Chavez and the United Farm Workers:
-Chavez formed the UFW to help earn rights for migrant workers through Civil Disobedient acts.
-He organized a very famous strike, the Delano Grape Strike.
-Participated in fasts to support different social issues.
-Though Chavez fought for Migrant rights, he was Anti-Immigration.


FHA & ADA - The Federal Housing Administration:
-Federal Housing Administration, US government agency that insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying.
-Improved housing standards and conditions.
-Provided an adequate home financing system through insurance of mortgage loans.
-Stabilize the mortgage market.
-Americans with Disabilities Act, a wide ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.


Purpose of Filibusters:
-Used to prevent the opposing side from talking.
-A filibuster will talk continuously about random things (irrelavant), for hours at a time.
-They are very successful in court.

Sit-ins and Protest:
-Sit-in is when a group of people go into a restaurants and sit at the chairs, they would be denied to be served.
-Police would go in to remove them from the restaurant.
-The people put up a fight by acting as dead weight.
- Those people were imprisoned.
-After they would be removed, another group of people would come to replace them.
- The same process would happen over an over , and when he people that were sent to jail go out they would go straight back to the restaurants and do it all over again.
-This is very effective because the restaurant would lose business because of the sit-ins and all the people trying to get them out

I am poem

I am different

I wonder if they know how I feel
I hear the anger in their voices
I see the rage in their eyes
I want to be accepted

I am different

I pretend i'm okay
I feel scared
I need to be strong
I worry I will fail
I cry everyday

I am different

I undrstand I am not the same
I believe in faith
I dream of a change
I try to be optimistic
I hope it will all pay off

I AM DIFFERENT

Survey

Total
Race Total HS Grads Total College Grads

W: 20 17
AA: 3 1
A: 6 4
H: 25 20
NA: 0 0
PI: 0 0
O: 0 0


There were a couple of races that i was not able to survey because none of the people i was able to ask these questions were neither of those races. Out of all the people i surveyed most of the people were hispanic because it was my family or close friends parents which are hispanic. All the people graduated high school and most college there was not much of a difference and the couple of people that didnt graduate from college did have reasonable reason for doing so. Our disscussion in class was about the white people having a greater advantage and i agree with that but in my survey it may look diffrent due to the fat tat most of the people i survayed where hispanic.

TV!

It was n my drafts i didnt click post SORRY!

Many people dont realize how much television influences EVERTYHING we do. May sound a little exxagerated but its true. Television is one of the best ways for companies to sell their products. As such a larger group of consumers in America we want everything we see. Commercials are what mostly influence us. All the commercials about gum, shoes, cars, toys, phones etc. Make every generation want to spend their money on that product. Television also influences us in very positive ways such as donating for a special cause such as the kids in other countries, animals, or children fighting against cancer. Some things shown on tv are not always a positive influence, for example some reality shows that are just about partying and getting wasted teens watch that and get influenced by others actions, same way a song or a video game influences people in the wrong way tv shows have an even greater effect.

Sexism

This ad demonstrates the concept of sexism because it shows how the husband bought his wife a mixer to cook. As if it made cooking easier and better for women to cook. This portrays the idea that men use to believe that women were better in the kitchen and thats where they belong. But their wrong. The men thought that just because they bought their wifes electronics to help with the kitchen it would make it better for them to be in the kitchen. "thats what wives are for" in the text on the ad is what mainly shows how women were seen in the 1950's. It is unfair and very sexist that men thought that way of women. Women are just as equal as men

Rockwell Art

Only if you knew what i really felt inside. I don't think i have felt this happy in a very long time. It was a very beautiful snowy cold morning and i was fast asleep when my mom walks in my room more excited than ever. She was jumping around like a little girls telling me and my little sister to wake up. Its been a while since I've seen such a big smile on my mothers face. I quickly got up and asked her why she was so happy. After a huge hug she gave us , she tells us that my father was coming home soon, she said he called her and told her they were finally letting him come home. Once she told us we all started dancing around and now our feelings were just like my moms! A year after my little sister was born, she is now 6. As soon as she told us the wonderful news we all ran over the the big window in my parents bedroom on the second floor that faces the front yard. We all sat there impatiently waiting for my dad to pull up and after many years feel his great big teddy bear hugs.

Topic 10 concept guide

McCarthyism impact on society:
House Committee of Un-merican Activities
propaganda in films on communism
"Hollywood Ten" most famous writer , producers , etc.
McCarthy accused Department of State of harboring Communists
many are convicted and it was hard for them to get away with it in court.

Communist "witch hunt" and impact on those accused:
supported by anti-Communist groups
People in entertainment feild we imprisoned thousands lost their jobs.
checked the Coast Guards as well as homosexuals.
For no reason, invaded the lives of many Americans

Space Race impact on government policies:
Soviet Union beat USA to space with Sputnik 1
in 1969 US sent man to the moon
Made the US "winners"
began Cold War
US gov.'t created lots of space programs
USA puts more money into education special space field.

mindset for the US government and public:
Soviet Union beat us to space.
Soviet Union vs. USA in a technology race
USA was afraid of Communism.
Afraid of being defeated.
this led to the Cold War.

Relationship of suburbs, automobiles, and roads:
Suburbs away from cities were quieter bigger houses
1956 Interstate Highway Act
Able to live out of the busy cities yet able work in the city.
Cars became a bigger part of society

Baby Boom:
Men came home from war to their wives.
1946-1960 (peak 1955)BABY BOOM TIME!
After 20 year Depression and Wartime more couples were reunited.
caused consumer boom also because the end of WWII ended the depression.
People begin to consume a lot more.
The normal families consisted of more than 1 family vehicle, 2 kids, dad works, mom.
American Dream.

Urban-Suburban pattern:
Business District
Inner City : low income families, small houses/apartaments, subway/walk/. Cheap
Suburbs :middle income families, larger homes, cars. Average.
Further suburbs : high income families, big houses, a lot of land, cars. Expensive.

GI Bill:
Gave loans.
provided education to veterans
one year unemployment compensation
supported those who served in the war

Expansion of the middle class
Men went home from the war started which caused the baby boom
Families grew.
suburbs were the cheapest homes
they were worth $8,000
credit cards increased spending
credit cards increased from 1945 to 1960 many more people wanted to own a credit card.
There were more consumers due to economic boom and baby boom.