racism Flashcards
chapter 8
what is ethnicity
cultural characteristics; language, religion
what is ethnic origin
ethnic characteristics of your ancestors
what is ethnic identity
how you personally identify yourself
what is race
socially constructed category used to clarify humankind according to things like skin colour
what is radicalization
process by which groups come to be designated as being of a particular race and is bias to different treatment
who had the first scientific classification of race
Linnaeus
what are visible minorities
persons who are non-caucasian in race or non-white in colour
what is a radicalized group
people of colour who are disproportionately affected by the process of radicalization
what are family class immigrants
sponsored by close relatives living in Canada
what are economic immigrants
selected on the basis of some combination of educational attainment, occupational skills, and ability to contribute to Canadian economy
what are refugees
persons who are forced to flee from persecution
who are classified as “permanent residents”
immigrants and people who have been granted refugee status
what are push factors
motivate individuals to leave their countries of origin
what are pull factors
economic prosperity, the need for workers drawing people to Canada
what were terms the used for Black people entering Canada
unsuited for the climate
what is bicultural
participating in two distinct cultures simultaneously
what is integration pattern
identifying with both ones heritage culture and ones new national culture
what is ethnic pattern
identifying primarily with ones heritage culture
what is national pattern
identifying primarily with ones new national culture
what is diffuse pattern
uncertainty about which culture one should or not identify with
what are dominant groups
groups that gave institutionalized power and privilege in society
what are minority groups
definable groups that are socially disadvantaged and face unequal treatment
what is assimilation
when a minority group is absorbed into the culture of the dominant group
what is ethnocide
the eradication of a culture
