Race - module 10

Question 1

race

Answer 1

the anthropological definition, as a cultural construct

Question 2

racialization

Answer 2

The process of categorizing, differentiating and attributing a particular racial character to a person or group.

Question 3

racism

Answer 3

structural racism(laws and policies)

Question 4

racial stratification

Answer 4

Unequal access to resources or opportunities based on ones race.

Question 5

racial ideology

Answer 5

ideological racism(creation of ideologies about race- hierarchies in a specific culture)

Question 6

structural vs individual racism

Answer 6

Structural racism- policies that further discrimination effecting peoples opportunities and resources. Individual being discriminated against. Ex: george floyd (individual) police violence (structural)

Question 7

hypodescent

Answer 7

-the rule of hypo descent- no longer a legal term but still has cultural salience
-used historically to create racial classifications of the children of mixed percentage
-the “one drop” rule labeled a child as a member of the subordinate position in a racial hierarchy
-note:specific to the us and is history
-each culture has its own ways of classifying people

Question 8

eugenics

Answer 8

Prevented races from mixing. Idea that one race is superior then other, keep purity. Justified policies like bans on interracial marriages, holocaust, sterilization and segregation.

Question 9

race & the US census

Answer 9

Consider the history of the creation of race in America and how it still affects people today.

Question 10

race & US history

Answer 10

History events have shaped race. Creation of racial categories ex: whiteness, colonization, slavery, immigration

Question 11

white privilege

Answer 11

“an invisible package of unearned assets” (Peggy McIntosh) - advantages that are passed down and unquestioned - brings ideas of meritocracy into question
- ex. of everyday privilege: shopping without harassment or self-consciousness Smedley’s article- Category of Whiteness and blackness

Question 12

main points of Fish’s article

Answer 12

in brazil there are all kinds of racial categories- race is culturally constructed- not a natural category

Question 13

main points of Smedley’s article

Answer 13

Construction of Whiteness and blackness with laws to maintain them

Question 14

Sonya Clark’s hair-art example

Answer 14

hair race culture- art- flag made of hair?

Question 15

Angelica Dass’ photo project on skin tones

Answer 15

photos of people background is their skin color- collage