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jasdeep_brar

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Which of the following terms refers to racist outcomes that become so widespread that minority groups endure them as a part of everyday life?
 
  a. woodwork racism
  b. environmental racism
  c. scientific racism
  d. symbolic racism

Question 2

Despite Barack Obama's election to the presidency in 2008, what are the trends in the election
  of African Americans to political office? Do you think you will see more African Americans elected to high office in the near future?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

Despite Barack Obama entering the White House as president in 2009, African Americans have not received an equal share of the political pie. After Reconstruction, it was not until 1928 that a Black was again elected to Congress. With Obama's election to the presidency, once again, no African American serves in the U.S. Senate at the time of this writing. Recent years brought some improvement at local levels; the number of Black elected officials increased from fewer than 1,500 in 1970 to over 10,500 in 2011.

One major landmark came in 2012, when the proportion of Blacks voting exceeded that of White non-Hispanics for the first time. Yet major problems confront the continued success of African American politicians. Locally elected Black officials find it difficult to make the jump to statewide office. Voters, particularly non-Black voters, have difficulty seeing Black politicians as anything other than representatives of the Black community and express concern that the views of
Whites and other non-Blacks will not be represented by an African American. Another big hurdle is acquiring the money necessary to seek a major office.

The political gains by African Americans, as well as Hispanics, have been placed in jeopardy by legal actions that questioned race-based districts. Boundaries for elective office, ranging from city council positions to the U.S. House of Representatives, have been drawn in such a way so as to concentrate enough members of a racial or ethnic group to create a safe majority to make it likely that a member of that group will get elected.




jasdeep_brar

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Reply 2 on: Aug 8, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


Zebsrer

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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