lesson 1: racism

Question 1

he was the youngest person to be sentenced to death in the 20th century in the US

Answer 1

George Stinney Jr.

Question 2

is a field of study that seeks to understand, analyze, and interpret literature through various frameworks and perspectives

Answer 2

literary theory

Question 3

these ideas act as different lenses critics used to view and talk about art, literature, and culture

Answer 3

literary theory

Question 4

a belief system and set of practices that discriminate against individuals based on their race or ethnicity

Answer 4

racism

Question 5

it involves the perception that certain races or ethnic groups are inherently superior or inferior to others

Answer 5

racism

Question 6

types of racism

Answer 6

-ideological racism
-institutional racism
-interpersonal racism
-structural racism
-cultural racism

Question 7

this includes beliefs and attitudes that one race is superior to another, these ideas often underpin discriminatory practices

Answer 7

ideological racism

Question 8

this occurs when societal institutions such as the legal system, education and healthcare reinforce racial inequalities

Answer 8

institutional racism

Question 9

this involves individual acts of racism that occur between people

Answer 9

interpersonal racism

Question 10

this refers to the broader, systematic nature of racism that is ingrained in the fabric of society

Answer 10

structural racism

Question 11

this involves the devaluation of cultural norms, values and practices of certain racial or ethnic groups, also includes the marginalization of groups

Answer 11

cultural racism

Question 12

an abstract and informational mode that examines the appearance of race and racism across central cultural modes of expression

Answer 12

critical race theory

Question 13

this approach tried to understand how victims of general racism are affected by cultural perceptions of race

Answer 13

critical race theory

Question 14

racism is difficult to address or cure because it is not acknowledged

Answer 14

ordinariness

Question 15

stipulates that black people achieve civil right victories only when white and black interests come together

Answer 15

interest convergence

Question 16

holds that race and races are products of social thought and relations

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social construction thesis

Question 17

the process by which groups of people are racialized in conflicting ways at different times to serve the needs and interests of whiteness

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differential racialization

Question 18

no person has a single, easily stated, specific identity, everyone has potentially conflicting overlapping identities, loyalties and allegiances

Answer 18

intersectionality and anti essentialism

Question 19

because of different histories and experiences with oppression, black, american indian, asian and latino writers and thinkers can communicate to their white counterparts

Answer 19

unique voice of color