radicalization and ethnicity

Question 1

head tax

Answer 1

a tax placed on chinese migrants in Canada to reduce the population of “undesirable” immigrants

Question 2

standpoint theory

Answer 2

the theory that knowledge is always developed through a unique standpoint.

Question 3

W.E.B du bois

Answer 3

W.E.B Du Bois was the first African-American sociologist and
founder of NAACP (National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People)
* Studied central problems concerning Africans in the US and
elsewhere
* Advocated for legal actions against lynching, among other
causes

Question 4

crenshaw

Answer 4

created intersectionality theory

Question 5

colleens

Question 6

intersectionality

Answer 6

Intersectionality refers to the way different social
factors—race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality
orientation, class, age, and disability —combine to
shape the experience of a minoritized group.

Question 7

radicalization

Answer 7

construction of certain groups of people
as different and biologically superior or inferior

Question 8

prejudice

Answer 8

pre-judgment of others on the basis of their
group membership

Question 9

discrimination

Answer 9

differential treatment—rewarded or
punished—of individuals based on their group
membership

Question 10

power

Answer 10

manifested when institutionalized advantages
are regularly handed to one or more groups over others

Question 11

racial bigotry

Answer 11

open and known racism expressed by an individual

Question 12

systemic or institutional racism

Answer 12

racist practices, rules, and laws that have become institutionalized

Question 13

polite racism

Answer 13

racism hidden behind words or a smile that seems friendly
ex. microaggressions-casual remarks or gestures that reflect racial prejudice

Question 14

racial profiling

Answer 14

the process of carding an individual where police stop, question, or document people when no offence has been committed

Question 15

radicalization

Answer 15

a social process in which human groups are viewed and judged as different in terms of their intellect, values, or morality

Question 16

master narrative

Answer 16

the story a nation tells about itself to celebrate past and present that evolves over time and usually glosses over unpleasant parts of history

Question 17

standpoint theory

Answer 17

Standpoint theory (By Dorothy Smith) argues that the
perspective sociological researchers bring to their work is
strongly influenced by their social location, their perspective as
it is shaped by gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and
other social characteristics.