Chapter 6
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blackiechan55 on May 9, 2010
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Race, Law & Reality
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Racial discrimination | insensitive comments & discriminatory conduct |
| Equal protection | this idea provided equal protection of the law |
| Amendment Thirteen | Abolished Slavery |
| Amendment Fourteen | Determined every person born or naturalized in the United States a citizen of the U.S. and established equal protection and due process clauses |
| Amendment Fifteen | Gave the right to vote to all citizens |
| Civil Rights Act of 1866 | All persons born in the United States must be considered citizens, native Americans were not protected |
| Civil Rights Act of 1875 | Mandated that all public accommodations and facilities be made available to people regardless of race |
| Grandfather Clauses | A portion of a statute that provides that the law is not applicable in certain circumstances due to preexisting facts, enacted to disable blacks from voting |
| Jim Crow Laws | Law Barriers that were erected to maintain the discriminatory practices against African-Americans |
| Separate but Equal | The idea that races can be segregated but still have legal equality |
| Civil Liberties Act | Recognized the injustice done to those of Japanese ancestry in the United States by the evacuation, relocation and internment of civilians during WWII |
| Civil Rights Act of 1957 | Established the commission on civil rights and gave this organization the power to investigate allegations of discrimination and deprivation of the right to vote |
| Civil Rights Act of 1960 | Strengthened existing laws on obstruction of court orders and imposed criminal penalties for violence and destruction |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | This progressive legislation was multifaceted including the enforcement of the constitutional right to vote |
| Miscegenation statutes | Laws that prohibit interracial marriage |
| Legacy preference | Nearly as widespread as those affirmative action programs based on race and ethnicity |
| E-RACE initiative | Eradicating racism and color in employment |
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