Race & Ethnicity

Question 1

Race

Answer 1

groups of people though as distinct in a society based on superficial physical differences that are made significant by a given society

Question 2

Racialization

Answer 2

the process whereby certain groups are marked for unequal treatment based on phenotypical or “biological” traits

Question 3

Eugenics

Answer 3

a movement that sought to influence human evolution by “weeding out undesirables”

Question 4

Ethnicity

Answer 4

belonging to a group or category of people that are bound together by common ties of national tradition, language or cultural heritage.

Question 5

Prejudice

Answer 5

involves negative attitudes, feelings, and beliefs toward other people

Question 6

Discrimination

Answer 6

involves treating people unfavorably

Question 7

Racism

Answer 7

when a racial group’s collective prejudice is backed by the power of legal authority and institutional control

Question 8

White Privilege

Answer 8

the advantages that are taken by white people and cannot be similarly enjoyed by racialized people

Question 9

Pigmentocracy

Answer 9

government or social inequality of those with certain skin tone

Question 10

Implicit Bias

Answer 10

attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner

Question 11

Implicit Bias Tests

Answer 11

can revel to people they they possess an automatic preference they weren’t aware of.

Question 12

Canada’s Racial History

Answer 12

The Chinese Immigration Act, 1885; The Gentleman’s Agreement, 1908; The Immigration Act, 1910; The Multiculturalism Policy, 1971; The Immigration Act, 1976

Question 13

Race & Social Construction

Answer 13

Race is a socially and politically constructed set of categories. Racial categories are created to justify exploitation and disenfranchisement.

Question 14

Racialization in Canada

Answer 14

racialization involves dividing, sorting and attributing racial differences and then acting on those differences. It can involve enacting policies of “we” versus “them”.

Question 15

The Ontario Female Refugee Act, 1919

Answer 15

stated that any parent or guardian may bring before a judge any female under the age of 21 who proves unmanageable or incorrigible. This is an example of eugenics.

Question 16

Residential Schooling

Answer 16

This is an example of racism and disenfranchisement. The government claimed it was necessary as native kids were following the terrible example set by their parents. It was also an early attempt to civilize kids by taking away their “simple mythology” and replacing it with superior religion.

Question 17

Racialization & Income

Answer 17

in Canada the income gap between racialized and non-racialized people is 26%, this 2016 census represents the lasting and harmful effects if racialization and intersectionality.

Question 18

Racism & Power

Answer 18

having power enables a group to transform prejudicial attitudes and discriminations into structures of oppression that function independently from the intentions of individual actors.

Question 19

Brazil Case Study

Answer 19

The Brazilian states unwillingness to define races helped preclude the formation of self-conscious groups that could serve as a basis for collective action.

Question 20

Countering Implicit Bias

Answer 20

reading and seeing material that opposes the implicit preference as well as being alert to the existence of the undesired preference, recognizing that it may intrude into one’s judgments and actions.