Who can experience racism?
Everyone. Children, adults, elderly, including yourself can all be affected by racism.
What is Prejudice?
Prejudice is a way of judging people based on their skin colour, religion, or ethnicity.
Throughout our presentation, have we tried to convey the fact that racism is right or wrong?
Wrong! Racism should not be tolerated. It is wrong with no excuse otherwise.
There are laws that allow people to be racist.
False. There are laws preventing people from being racist.
Is Canada considered to be a ethnically diverse country or a ethnically homogenous?
Yes, Canada experiences less racism than other countries in the world.
Where is racism located?
Everywhere. Racism can be experienced by anyone in any part of the world.
What is Discrimination?
Discrimination is when specific people are excluded from doing something, unlike everyone else, because of their different physical appearance to everyone else.
Can more than one type of race be discriminated?
Yes. Though it is most common for people of coloured-skin to be discriminated, others can also experience racism.
Being raised by your family in a racist, small-minded way, could lead to you also becoming a racist person?
True
USA is considered to be a more racist country.
What is one movement we talked about that is against racism?
Black Lives Matter (BLM) Movement.
Is racism a serious problem to today's society?
Yes. Racism has increased significantly over the past 5 years to the point where there are more casualties because of the discrimination on people.
Who is one person we talked about that died because of racism?
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, etc.
Racism is an ideology that encourages one person to think of themselves as superior to everyone else.
False. Racism is an ideology that encourages one group to think of itself as superior to other races.
Is Australia considered to be a racist country?
Yes. Australia is one of the most racist countries in the world.
What can racism lead to?
Racism can lead to hate crimes, death, fights, and jail.
Which race is left often considered a victim of racism?
Can racism be detected in more forms than just words?
Yes. For example, discrimination can be undetected through memes and emojis.
Making unwarranted disparities between individuals based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they formally or implicitly belong is known as discrimination.
True.
Which continent is the most ethnically diverse?
North America.
Are the effects of racism long term or short term. (Trick question)
Which race commited the most hate crimes?
Has there been attempts to stop racism?
Yes. BLM was an organization with the intentions to stop discrimination on the black society. There are also laws against racism, however, unfortunately we have not conducted an effective way to put an end to racism.
In the Catholic Church, people are taught to treat everyone the way you want to be treated. The Catholic Church teaches you to treat everyone equally.
True.
Which continent is the most ethnically homogenous?