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    The document examines life for minorities and women in the 1980s in the United States. It discusses the opportunities and challenges they faced, such as women gaining more rights to education and political power but still facing issues like lack of paid maternity leave. It also discusses the discrimination faced by racial minorities through policies and the criminal justice system. While there was some progress made in the 1980s, such as the election of the first female Supreme Court justice, discrimination persisted in areas like employment, education, and law enforcement. The document uses posters and poems to represent the experiences and activism of women and racial minorities during this time period.

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    The document examines life for minorities and women in the 1980s in the United States. It discusses the opportunities and challenges they faced, such as women gaining more rights to education and political power but still facing issues like lack of paid maternity leave. It also discusses the discrimination faced by racial minorities through policies and the criminal justice system. While there was some progress made in the 1980s, such as the election of the first female Supreme Court justice, discrimination persisted in areas like employment, education, and law enforcement. The document uses posters and poems to represent the experiences and activism of women and racial minorities during this time period.

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    The Roles of Race &

    Gender in the 1980s


    By: Julia Meyers
    Project significance
    ● To examine what life was like for minorities & women during the 1980s

    ● To examine the feelings & emotions these groups felt

    ● Identify any change that has been made over the past 40 years

    ● Identify the importance of this time for American history


    What was it like being a woman in the 1980s?
    American women encountered opportunities, advancements, complications, and hurdles throughout the 1980s.
    Women were seen as subservient to men and that their roles were to clean, cook, and take care of the children, but in
    the 1980s, this began to change. Women helped men to deal with women's changing roles. Women still aimed to
    fight for their continued education rights, and they started to advance in political power. However, women struggled
    to get paid maternity leave at their place of work, they were unable to accuse their husbands of sexual assault, and
    they failed to serve in combat roles in the military. That being said, there were various positive gains for women, but
    there were also things that didn't change or get better during this time. But, the accomplishments were vast and
    significant for this time and history.
    What was it like being a racial minority in the 1980s?
    Racial discrimination in America was at a high position and increasing, which ultimately represented how African Americans

    and other minorities were viewed and “othered”.

    Many social biases and limitations affected the spirit of life, yet the 1980s marked the start of eliminating obstacles to real

    opportunity equality.

    The Refugee Act of 1980 and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 provided Hispanic-Americans opportunity to

    become legalized American citizens

    Latinx and African American people were being arrested far more than any other race, which created severe racial disparities.
    Examples of progress in the 1980s
    ● Legal obstacles for opportunity have been practically annihilated, and women's views display a more inclusive
    cultural recognition of their skills and obligations.

    ● The first woman was elected to the United States Supreme Court.

    ● Blacks received notable progress in politics, culture, and socio-economic standing.

    ● The early 1980s have been described as the summit of Black political leadership in California.

    ● Willie Brown, an African American man, was the speaker of the assembly, beginning in 1980, and was seen as
    one of California's most influential and important politicians.
    ● Asian Americans underwent a massive win with the Civil Rights Act of 1988 ( Japanese Americans that had
    family members that went through internment camps received payment)

    ● The 1984-85 miners’ strike and the Women Against Pit Closures movement
    Examples of drawbacks in the 1980s
    ● The 1980s maintained a cynical view of minorities through financial control, educational disparity,
    exclusion, and social denial.
    ● Asian Americans faced new racial repercussions provoked by the immense economic developments
    occurring in the U.S.
    ● Prejudice in the criminal justice operation produced an increase in racial profiling -singling out
    defendants entirely based on skin color or if they talked like African Americans.
    ● This bias altered from the onset of the racial makeup of California's burgeoning prison community.
    ● President Ronald Reagan rejected Indian Health Service and other native programs
    How did the 1980s shape the present?
    The 1980s were a sensual, destructive, and innovative time in United States history.

    The 1980s contributed sufficient development and growth to the United States and have shaped the present
    today.

    We can thank the 1980s for all of the equality and justice that both minorities and women have today.
    Feminism poster
    Racial injustice poster
    The Importance of 1980s for Race & Gender
    Most of our progress as a nation was, in fact, in the 1980s.

    Women continued to battle for equal freedoms and opportunities and


    more comprehensive individual independence for women.

    Race relations in the 1980s: racial minorities endeavored to eradicate


    discrimination
    What the Posters Mean:
    These posters are my interpretations of the first-person experience both women and
    African Americans felt during the 1980s. I took what I had learned through my research
    and gathered up all the emotion, pain, and thoughts that they experienced, and created it
    into the poem. I also made the artwork for the posters. The black women could have been
    the average minority and I visualized what they could have looked like during that time.
    The hands coming together are all female, feminine hands standing together in harmony
    and peace, fighting for an equal cause. The posters represent political activism posters, like
    ones that people hold at rallies and protests.
    What This Project Means To Me

    This project has been eye-opening to me. I have learned a lot about what it
    means to be a woman, member of society, and an American citizen. It
    inspired me to use my voice and speak up against injustices and stand up for
    what is right. Through my research and crafting this project, I have learned
    to be more grateful for being able to live in 2020, a time that is so accepting
    and has come so far. That being said, I vow to be more thankful and show my
    appreciation more for things in life that those in the 1980s did not get the
    pleasure of living and experiencing as I do.
    Thank you
    Works Cited
    "1980s: A Time of Turmoil for American Minorities - Townsley Race and Racism." Google Sites,

    sites.google.com/a/micds.org/townsley-race-and-racism/home/1980s.

    "The Reagan Years: 1980s: Advancement & Backlash for Women's Movement." The Reagan Years: 1980s: Advancement &

    Backlash for Women's Movement | Picture This, picturethis.museumca.org/timeline/reagan-years-1980s/womens-rights/info.

    Bowser, Benjamin P. “Race Relations in the 1980s: The Case of the United States.” Journal of Black Studies, vol. 15, no. 3,

    Mar. 1985, pp. 307–324, doi:10.1177/002193478501500305.

    Gail E. Thomas (1989) Discerning the posture of American race relations in the 1980s: Competitive versus paternalistic?,

    Sociological Spectrum, 9:1, 1-21, DOI: 10.1080/02732173.1989.9981872

    Novack, L.L., Novack, D.R. Being female in the eighties and nineties: Conflicts between new opportunities and traditional

    expectations among white, middle class, heterosexual college women. Sex Roles 35, 57–77 (1996).

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