Class 5

Question 1

Silvia Spangler quote on race

Answer 1

“Race is neither biological or scientific…race is something we do to one another.”

Question 2

Why/how the concept of race began

Answer 2

created and Us vs. then scenario

Question 3

From human genome project any two humans are more than ____ percent

Answer 3

99.99%

Question 4

race is not

Answer 4

not biological, its sociological

Question 5

How should we sort people into groups? (3)

Answer 5

Race
Culture
Ethnicity

Question 6

Race (3)

Answer 6

• Differences are identifiable
• Differences aren’t meaningful because people of different skin colours can be very similar
• Can’t be chosen

Question 7

Culture (3)

Answer 7

• Referring to the values, beliefs, language, rituals, traditions, and other behaviors that are passed from one generation to another within any social group.
• Can be chosen
• Too similar to ethnicity

Question 8

Ethnicity

Answer 8

• A group of individuals “who share a unique social and cultural heritage (e.g., language, custom, religion) passed on between generations
• Can be chosen
• Too similar to culture

Question 9

6 types of Racism related stress

Answer 9

• Racism related life events
• Vicarious racism experiences
• Daily racism microstressors
• Chronic-contextual stress
• Collective experiences
• Transgenerational transmission

Question 10

Racism related life events

Answer 10

such as being racially profiled by police, which while significant, are infrequent and time-limited;

Question 11

Vicarious racism experiences

Answer 11

which include experiences through observation and report that invoke heightened psychological and emotional states, such as following the high-profile media report of a hate crime;

Question 12

Daily racism microstressors

Answer 12

subtle or covert forms of degrading and marginalizing incidents that occur as everyday reminders of one’s position and status

Question 13

Chronic-contextual stress

Answer 13

social, political, and institutional inequities that lead to unfair distribution of resources and opportunities that have to be survived such as crumbling infrastructures of schools, high-priced grocery stores, or poor public transportation

Question 14

Collective experiences

Answer 14

impact the individual in their observation of how their group is collectively impacted through stereotypic portrayals, lack of political representation, or economic conditions;

Question 15

Transgenerational transmission

Answer 15

historical contexts of group experiences that are passed from generation to generation such as the experience of slavery for African Americans, the removal of tribal lands for Aboriginal Canadians, the Holocaust for Jewish Americans,