Unit 0 & 1
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
propaganda
A concept used to describe a group of people who share physical characteristics, such as skin color and facial features.
race
narrative
a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
What is Title IX?
A law that protects against gender discrimination in institutions that receive federal funds.
The way that people play out discrimination and violence on each other.
Interpersonal oppression
Aspects of who we are that relate us to larger social groups and our membership in these groups sometimes grants us access to/or lack of access to unearned privileges.
social identity
the quality or fact of belonging to a population group or subgroup made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.
ethnicity
legacy
The long-lasting impact of particular events, actions, etc. that took place in the past, or of a person’s life.
What are 2 rights that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protected?
Voting Rights for all racial and ethnic groups and the Racial and Ethnic Desegregation of Public Schools
the belief that white people constitute a superior race and should therefore dominate society, typically to the exclusion or detriment of other racial and ethnic groups.
white supremacy
:a situation, person, or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities.
paradox
a MULTILAYERED analytical tool that describes the way that different parts of our identities “intersect” (race, age, gender, race, etc.) and overlap with various forms of power (RACISM and OPPRESSION).
intersectionality
systemic racism
The systematic distribution of resources, power and opportunity in our society to the benefit of people who are white and the exclusion of people of color.
The way people with marginalized identities internalize narratives of their own inferiority…. It’s what leads people to feel ‘less than.’
Internalized oppression
The science of improving a human population by controlled breeding in order to increase the occurrence of 'desirable' heritable characteristics. This concept was utilized by the Nazis in the Holocaust.
eugenics
A deeply often long-held bias against a particular social group that often results in unfair actions taken or words spoken towards that group.
prejudice
a story that shares the experiences of people who have been oppressed, excluded, or silenced in order to challenge the dominant stories of racial privilege.
counter narrative
a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status. A collection of individuals sharing similar economic circumstances.
social class
Is demonstrated in how institutions and systems reinforce and manifest dominant ideology.
Institutional oppression
are organized and historical patterns of mistreatment that disadvantage groups of people based on their identity. They are often described as -isms, such as racism, sexism, ableism, and more.
systems of oppression
the ideas and manner of thinking characteristic of a group, social class, or individual.
Ideology
a master narrative is.......
The social mythologies that mute, erase, and neutralize features of racial struggle (or the struggles of other oppressed groups) in ways that reinforce ideologies of White supremacy (or patriarchy, etc.).
cultural capital
is a concept that refers to the knowledge, skills, and experiences that individuals and communities possess.
The idea that one group is somehow better than another group.
Ideological oppression
the belief that the laws of nature, such as natural selection and survival of the fittest, can be used to explain and justify social inequalities and competition.
Social Darwinism
The belief that a person in the United States who works hard, assumes personal responsibility, and maintains a strong moral center can accomplish anything
Bootstrap Narrative
In the US the word most often associated with physical appearance such as skin color or hair texture is ______
Race
In the U.S.A., the word most often associated with ancestral origins, cultural traditions and languages passed down is ________.
Ethnicity
The 'B' word is more than a curse word, it's a discriminatory slur because __________
answers vary
the 'N' word is more than just a curse word, it's an idea and a discriminatory slur because ____________
answers vary
In this class, the ____________ are more important than the ___________________ because _____________________
The questions we ask are more important than the answers because (answers vary).
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 suspended Chinese immigration for ten years and declared Chinese immigrants ineligible for ______________.
naturalization/US citizenship
Anti-miscegenation laws have existed in California since statehood in 1850, and were only fully overturned in 1967. What were these laws?
The laws that made interracial marriage illegal in CA
Even with Title 6 and Title 9, some students and teachers in US schools still do and say things that are discriminatory. Besides having laws protecting the right to be in a discriminatory free learning environment, what else can be done to improve the situation?
answers vary
Gene editing is being researched as a way to prevent cancer in the future by taking out the genes or the parts of genes that have been linked to increased risk of developing cancer in one's lifetime. What else is gene editing being researched to be used for nowadays?
answers vary
a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory.
critique
An identity that is impacted by living at an actual border between two cities or countries, or, an identity that doesn’t fit neatly into a social identity category.
Border Identity
The process by which individuals or groups are absorbed into the dominant culture of that society by taking on the traits and customs of the dominant group and rejecting their traditional culture.
cultural assimilation
the degree to which a person's economic and social status differs from their parents'
Intergenerational mobility
(of people) inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists.
Indigenous
narrative nonfiction is ___________
A story based on real events and facts that is written in a way that is meant to entertain and deeply engage the reader and that may also contain the author's point of view on the events of the story.