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race

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a social construct used to separate people by numerous physical appearance

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what does race create?

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create/justifies social inequality

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what does social construction NOT mean

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

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ethnicity

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

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ethnicity facts

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

objective definitions of ethnicity

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assume that ethnic groups exist because of peoples attachment

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subjective approaches to ethnicity

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focus on process of ethnic identification

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cultural hegemony

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

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why is race so important?

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  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.
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otherness: sociology

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

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what is the purpose of the dominant controlling resources?

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control how other ethnic and racial groups are imagined and represented

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what are the dominant controlling resources?

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  1. writing
  2. history
  3. making art
  4. taking pictures
  5. setting up museums
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what are the forms of otherness

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  1. primitivism
  2. exoticism
  3. orientalism
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primitivism

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

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primitivism: ethnocentric view point

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european people saw themselves as the pinnacle of evolution

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example of primitivism

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residential schools

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exoticism

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ideal version of “otherness” in western standards

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exoticism: ethnocentric viewpoint

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

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

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

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peripheral countries

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worlds major sources of raw materials and cheap labour

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semi-peripheral countries

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former countries making progress in wealth

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

Orientalism includes

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representations, fascinations, and fear of people and culture

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Orientalism ethnocentric views include

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  1. barbaric
  2. sensual and exotic
  3. decadent
  4. untrustworthy
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what is orientalism

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enforces exaggerated
differences between east and west
that assumes western superiority

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racism

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

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what does racism do?

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legitimizes inequality between groups

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Colonialism

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

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internal colonialism

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

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blending

assimilation

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

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best ways to describe Indigenous peoples in Canada

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  1. Expulsions
  2. Genocide
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palestine

expulsions

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forcible removal of population, from territory claimed by another

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genocide

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intentional extermination of a population defined by race or a people

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model minority

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

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stereotypes

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generalization, usually based on incomplete info

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prejudice

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

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what is the problem of model minority

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  1. ignores challenges POC have experienced
  2. further reinforces racial divide
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what is the problem of prejudice

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  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
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discrimination

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

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positive forms of discrimination

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better educational opportunities, work promtion and access to services

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negative forms of discrimination

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withholding of rights and basic care

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racialization

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

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forms of racism

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

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

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Institutional and systemic racism

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

42
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britsh museums

forms of cultural appropiation

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

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extent of control over an area

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How is colonization taking place in the 20th century?

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  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
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colonialism: canadian perspective

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indigenous people didnt want to use their land like europeans did

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colonial differences in land were

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  1. agriculture
  2. urban development
  3. resource extraction
  4. creation of villages, towns, and cities
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what are the consequences of settler society?

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  1. deny and minimize conquest of genocide and exploitation of indigenous
  2. immigrants of colour are seen as “arriving to late”
48
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charter groups

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british and french

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why do indigenous people have poor health outcomes

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  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
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marginalization

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

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cons of marginalization: indigenous peoples

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  1. suffer mentally
  2. higher suicide rates

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