Words & Concepts
TRUE or FALSE - Race is a biological fact, not a social construct.
Race has no genetic basis; it's socially constructed.
A landlord refuses to rent to someone because of their race.
Individual racism
This 20th-century policy denied many people of colour the right to vote or immigrate.
Casting White actors in non-White roles is called what?
Whitewashing
How many TAs are there for SOCI 1001: Introduction to Sociology?
9! (8 tutorial TAs + 1 marking TA)
The idea that one's culture or way of life is superior to others is called what?
Ethnocentrism
A bank's leading policy results in fewer loans for racialized neighbourhoods.
The practice of deying housing loans to certain racialized areas was called what?
Redlining
A single character used to represent an entire group or culture.
Tokenism
What is my name?
Anna
Believing that "I don't see colour" is an example of what type of thinking?
Colour-blind racism
Hiring mostly White teachers despite diverse student populations.
Systemic racism (institutional racism)
The process of taking land and imposing new cultures on Indigenous peoples is known as what?
Settler Colonialism
Why are crime shows with Black perpetrators harmful?
Explain why the statement "I don't see race" can sometimes harm people of colour.
Ignoring race dismisses the lived experiences of discrimination and allows systemic inequities to continue, unaddressed.
How can policing practices appear neutral but still disproportionately affect racialized communities?
Neutral-seeming laws (like stop and frisk or traffic enforcement) can target neighbourhoods with historical segregation, producing disparate outcomes.
How does understanding historical context help us interpret modern racial inequalities?
Recognizing past structural discrimination explains persistent disparities in wealth, education, and health outcomes.
This 2018 film became a landmark for Black representation in superhero movies.
Black Panther
Explain why the concept of 'colourblindness' can unintentionally maintain systemic racism.
Ignoring race fails to address existing disparities and lets inequitable structures persist unchallenged.
A company implements a 'neutral' hiring algorithm trained on historical data that favours White candidates. Is this individual or systemic bias, and why?
Systemic - the bias is embedded in the structure of the algorithm and reflects historical discrimination.
Discuss how the Canadian multiculturalism policy (1971) simultaneously promotes inclusion but can obscure structural racial inequality.
While promoting cultural diversity, it can depoliticize race and divert attention from systemic inequalities, framing all groups as equally treated without addressing historical oppression.
Explain how 'White saviour narratives' in the media reinforce racial hierarchies.
They centre White characters as heroes of non-White communities, minimizing the agency of racialized characters and perpetuating stereotypes.
What does Anna research?
Systemic racism AND (OR) Political identities/belonging/consciousness