lecture 7: race and ethnicity

Question 1

race

Answer 1

a social construct used to separate people by numerous physical appearance

Question 2

what does race create?

Answer 2

create/justifies social inequality

Question 3

what does social construction NOT mean

Answer 3

NOT mean they have people have choice or freedom to change race

Question 4

ethnicity

Answer 4

reflects someones culture, including language, religion, customs or values

Question 5

ethnicity facts

Answer 5

1. NOT a physical characteristic you were born in
2. you are socialized into your ethnicity
3. NOT same as race and nationality

Question 6

thinker

objective definitions of ethnicity

Answer 6

assume that ethnic groups exist because of peoples attachment

Question 7

subjective approaches to ethnicity

Answer 7

focus on process of ethnic identification

Question 8

cultural hegemony

Answer 8

control of culture by dominant classes and oter groups where their values are universally accepted as common sense

Question 9

why is race so important?

Answer 9

1. race is used to create inequality and hierarchy
2. revealed the operation of unequal power relations in society
3. promoted unequal distributions of power and access to resources/opp.

Question 10

otherness: sociology

Answer 10

phenomenon where groups or individuals as people are seen to be apart of the dominant in group

Question 11

what is the purpose of the dominant controlling resources?

Answer 11

control how other ethnic and racial groups are imagined and represented

Question 11

what are the dominant controlling resources?

Answer 11

1. writing
2. history
3. making art
4. taking pictures
5. setting up museums

Question 12

what are the forms of otherness

Answer 12

1. primitivism
2. exoticism
3. orientalism

Question 13

primitivism

Answer 13

how non-european cultures were described as savage and uncivilized by european people

Question 14

primitivism: ethnocentric view point

Answer 14

european people saw themselves as the pinnacle of evolution

Question 15

example of primitivism

Answer 15

residential schools

Question 16

exoticism

Answer 16

ideal version of “otherness” in western standards

Question 17

exoticism: ethnocentric viewpoint

Answer 17

1. fascination as they are seen to be
   - mystical
   - fantastical
   - romanticized
   - glamourized
2. more tolerated then representation of primitivism

Question 18

different types of primitivism

Answer 18

1. ambiguity
2. hybridity
3. imagination
   4, desire

Question 19

core countries

Answer 19

capitalist countries that are the worlds major sources of capital and technology

Question 20

peripheral countries

Answer 20

worlds major sources of raw materials and cheap labour

Question 21

semi-peripheral countries

Answer 21

former countries making progress in wealth

Question 22

american ppl and their feelings of arabs/turks/middle eastern culture

Orientalism includes

Answer 22

representations, fascinations, and fear of people and culture

Question 23

Orientalism ethnocentric views include

Answer 23

1. barbaric
2. sensual and exotic
3. decadent
4. untrustworthy

Question 24

what is orientalism

Answer 24

enforces exaggerated differences between east and west that assumes western superiority

Question 25

racism

Answer 25

inherent belief that there are physical differences between groups of people -- it determines their, achievements, moral values, and behaviour as people/individuals

Question 26

what does racism do?

Answer 26

legitimizes inequality between groups

Question 27

Colonialism

Answer 27

people from one country taking/invading another countries political, economic and cultural assets

Question 28

internal colonialism

Answer 28

one race or group subjecting another in the same country. prevents assimilation by segregating group in jobs, housing and social contacts

Question 29

# blending assimilation

Answer 29

minority group blends into majority population, as disappears as distinct people in larger society

Question 30

best ways to describe Indigenous peoples in Canada

Answer 30

1. Expulsions 2. Genocide

Question 31

# palestine expulsions

Answer 31

forcible removal of population, from territory claimed by another

Question 32

genocide

Answer 32

intentional extermination of a population defined by race or a people

Question 33

model minority

Answer 33

a standard where minorities are set to be considered upstanding citizens ex: "asians are good at math" "indians smell bad"

Question 34

stereotypes

Answer 34

generalization, usually based on incomplete info

Question 35

prejudice

Answer 35

attitudes and racist beliefs that tend to favour one group over another or treat unequal 1. attitudes are contempt, fear, and loathing

Question 35

what is the problem of model minority

Answer 35

1. ignores challenges POC have experienced 2. further reinforces racial divide

Question 36

what is the problem of prejudice

Answer 36

1. often come from stereotypes 2. preconvinced negative opinion or attitude about a group of people 3. negative stereotypes are rooted on an early age

Question 36

discrimination

Answer 36

act of treating someone unequal based on race, prejudge, and stereotype

Question 37

positive forms of discrimination

Answer 37

better educational opportunities, work promtion and access to services

Question 38

negative forms of discrimination

Answer 38

withholding of rights and basic care

Question 39

racialization

Answer 39

how certain behaviours, attitudes, habits, and expectations become linked to a specific group

Question 40

forms of racism

Answer 40

1. physical brutality 2. microaggressions 3. institutional and systemic racism 4. cultural appropriation

Question 41

microaggressions

Answer 41

brief everyday, exchanges that send denigrating messages to people because of their group membership

Question 42

Institutional and systemic racism

Answer 42

inherent bias in social institutions 1. often not noticed by members of the majority group

Question 42

# britsh museums forms of cultural appropiation

Answer 42

1. stealing artifacts and using them inappropriately (british musems) 2. mocking of culture

Question 43

colonization

Answer 43

extent of control over an area

Question 44

How is colonization taking place in the 20th century?

Answer 44

1. foreign people travel to place then dominate place's people, culture, economy 2. access to resources 3. include make-up of people, cultures, language, etc

Question 45

colonialism: canadian perspective

Answer 45

indigenous people didnt want to use their land like europeans did

Question 46

colonial differences in land were

Answer 46

1. agriculture 2. urban development 3. resource extraction 4. creation of villages, towns, and cities

Question 47

what are the consequences of settler society?

Answer 47

1. deny and minimize conquest of genocide and exploitation of indigenous 2. immigrants of colour are seen as "arriving to late"

Question 48

charter groups

Answer 48

british and french

Question 49

why do indigenous people have poor health outcomes

Answer 49

1. high poverty, unemployment and housing 2. fewer healthcare professionals in remote areas 3. marginalization, dismissed, and disregard in healthcare 4. suffer from residential instability

Question 50

marginalization

Answer 50

process that denies people to important positions/power within any society

Question 51

cons of marginalization: indigenous peoples

Answer 51

1. suffer mentally 2. higher suicide rates