Race vs Ethnicity
This term refers to groups sharing a common cultural heritage or ancestry.
What is ethnicity?
What level of racism is embedded in policies and systems like education or healthcare?
Institutional racism
Who is Viola Desmond, and what is she known for?
A Black Canadian who challenged segregation laws in a Nova Scotia theatre by sitting in a whites-only section.
What is an example of systemic discrimination in employment?
Hiring bias against names perceived as non-English
This is an example of social media’s role in racial activism, including campaigns highlighting police violence.
What is Black Lives Matter?
Which statement about race is true:
Give an example of interpersonal racism
Hate speech
What discriminatory act targeted Chinese immigrants after their work on the Canadian Pacific Railway?
The Chinese Exclusion/Immigration Act/
What video game was played in class to learn about disparities when accessing legal aid?
What is Access to Justice?
These refer to the misrepresentation of racialized groups in media that perpetuate stereotypes.
What are Patterns of Distortion?
This term describes the everyday manifestations of racism that are often brushed aside as small or inconsequential. They are experienced through remarks, questions and actions that are hurtful because they have to do with a person’s membership in a group that’s discriminated against or subject to stereotypes.
What are microaggressions?
This type of racism is embedded in policies and systems like education and healthcare.
What is institutional racism?
This activist co-founded Black Lives Matter Toronto and works to address systemic racial violence.
Who is Sandy Hudson?
This is a major barrier to fair legal representation.
What is cost?
Sharing resources and amplifying voices are forms of this.
What is allyship?
This is the term for the process by which racial categories are constructed as real, different, and unequal.
What is racialization?
How does systemic racism differ from individual prejudice?
Systemic racism is embedded in systems and structures, while prejudice is a personal belief.
Name the journalist and advocate against anti-Black racism in Canada who is known for writing the book "The Skin Were In"
Desmond Cole
How does systemic racism manifest in healthcare?
Unequal treatment or lack of culturally appropriate services
This term describes how pop culture can either reinforce or challenge racial stereotypes
What is racial representation in media?