Race/Ethnicity

Question 0

Xenophobia

Answer 0

Fear of people being different from you

Question 1

Eugenics

Answer 1

Movement to sterilize people

Make society better

Question 2

Stereotyping

Answer 2

Occurs when we exaggerate oversimplified images of the characteristics of social categories

Question 3

Darwin (race)

Answer 3

Suggested people possessed genetic material and we’re able to adjust to their environment (or not)

Question 4

Prejudice

Answer 4

Unfavourable, generalized and rigid beliefs applied to all members of a group

Question 5

Discrimination

Answer 5

Practices that deny groups equal access to societal rewards (action of doing)

Question 6

Gregor Mendel (race)

Answer 6

His research revealed that biological traits were not passed on as package deals, but rather ore often shuffled like a pack of playing cards

We are not clones of our parents

Question 7

Race (conclusion)

Answer 7

Race is not a meaningful biological category. Rather, this form of categorizing people should be understood as both a biological and social force

Question 8

Race

Answer 8

Race is a social construction, an achieved status as much as it is an ascribed status because
1 racial classifications are arbitrary
2 genetic differences between groups are small
3 genetic differences are behaviourally insignificant

Question 9

W.I Thomas theorem

Answer 9

“If people define situations as real,they are real in their consequences”

Toilet paper crisis

Question 10

Institutional racism

Systematic

Answer 10

Intentional done by design
Jews
Voyage of the damned

Question 11

Institutional racism

Systemic

Answer 11

Height and weight restrictions for some kinds of work

Question 12

Cultural racism

Answer 12

Ideological - turbans for RCMP

Everyday - textbook

Question 13

Why do racial crimes occur?

Biological

Answer 13

Ethnic grouping is “natural”/encoded in our genes
Discrimination, prejudice and ethnocentrism are natural and inevitable behaviours
These features of society will likely continue because we cannot eradicate our nature

Question 14

Why do racial crimes occur

Problems

Answer 14

People will often hurt members of their own racial/ethnic group
People of different groups will often work together in anti racist campaigns

Question 15

Race

Rushton and race science

Answer 15

According to Rushton there are 3 races Negroids, Caucasoids and Monogoloids. The latter have lower rates of crime are less aggressive and are more intelligent. Negroids have biological disposition towards crime and they are less intelligent. His research is flawed he uses the concept of race and treats it as unproblematic. He also does not account for differences in the ways that crime is measured in various nations

Question 16

Reena Virk and Race

Answer 16

Was attacked and accused of trying to steal a girls boyfriend it was believed by many that her race or visible minority played a role in her death

Question 17

Racial crime

Psychological

Answer 17

Frustration with your life leads to aggression
Hitler blames Jews
Marc Lepine blamed women

Question 18

Racial crime

Normative / sociological

Answer 18

Prejudice and discrimination are passed down from generation to generation
Prejudice and discrimination are socialized into children

Question 19

Normative theory

Answer 19

Normative theory suggests that people are exposed to group norms. Prejudice is thought of as a result of group socialization
Consequently, those exposed to prejudice will exhibit discriminatory behaviour
Prejudice and discrimination can be explained by
A) a persons definition of situations
B) reference group norms

Question 20

Normative theory

Robert Merton

Answer 20

He suspected that most people are inculated with success norms but do not have the means to attain success. Thus they resort to blaming others - discriminating and then prejudice and stereotyping to rationalize their actions

Question 21

John Porter

Answer 21

The Vertical Mosaic
Examined the class structure of Canadian society
Charter and entrance groups
Charter colonized the country and set up rules for others to follow

Question 22

Merton and conflict

Answer 22

Conflict theorist such as Satzewich believe that struggle to accumulate wealth in capitalist societies is to blame for the poor
A Chinese head taxes
B Exclusionary rules
C Systemic discrimination

Question 23

Racial Crimes

Split market theory (Edna Bonacich)

Answer 23

She said that there were three groups in society
A Business/capitalist
B Highly paid (white) labour
C Lower paid (non-white) labour
She said that the business class benefits from working class fighting. They perpetuate this conflict via discriminatory employment practices

Question 24

Race and ethnicity conclusion

Answer 24

Race is a social construct
Racism exists in part because of the belief in race
Racism comes in many forms and must be explained by various approaches