19.4 - The Past 30 Years (Obama, Black Lives Matter, Confederate Flag, Voting Rights)

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White Flight
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White Flight
The movement of Whites out of inner cities into suburbs in the 1970s and 1980s that resulted in poorer urban cores populated by African Americans and Hispanics surrounded by suburbs of almost all White residents.
Ferguson Effect
The idea that crime rates rose because police officers were more afraid to intervene in the wake of police shootings of unarmed African Americans.
Community Policing
Police practices that include meeting people instead of only riding in cars, and doing public relations activities such as running children's sports leagues.
Body Cameras
Small digital video cameras worn by police officers.
Bertherism
The lie that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. Before running for president himself, Donald Trump was famous for spreading this lie.
Dog Whistle
A phrase or comment used by politicians to show support for a group but that other groups of voters will not notice or find offensive.
Defund the Police
A rallying cry and policy proposal that grew out of the George Floyd protests of 2020. It frightens some Americans who favor law-and-order and lowered overall public support for the protests.
Voter Suppression
Any action designed to make voting harder. After the Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court case, numerous laws and policies have been implemented to this effect.
Shelby County v. Holder
2013 Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that large sections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act no longer applied. After the ruling, Republican politicians in many states implemented changes designed to suppress the minority vote.
Lower Ninth Ward
Mostly African American neighborhood in New Orleans that was devastated by flooding in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina.