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 is the belief that sports are inherently good, that this goodness is transmitted to the people who participate in it, and that sport leads to individual and community development
What is the great sport myth ?
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.
This is a highly stereotypical form of manhood where physical dominance, violence towards women and sexual minorities, and sexual entitlement is regarded as "natural", normalized and even celebrated
What is toxic masculinity?
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)
McKenzie and Joseph (2013) used the Coloured Hockey League to illustrate how Black bodies have been erased from hockey and national narratives. The documentation of this knowledge is termed what?
What are counter narratives?
As described by Bourdieu, is the material resources individuals are born into or acquire which is part of what informs our habitus
Economic capital
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 are white supremacy and white privilege expressed in the "great sports myth"?
Many ways to answer: Who is sports great for? who gets to have the privilege to remove or detach themselves from political issues - esp involving race and racism. Example of Colin Kaepernick versus Sidney Crosby, and the criticisms (or lack of) faced. Who is sports great for?
Explain why the concept of 'colourblindness' can 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. Is this individual or systemic bias, and why?
Systemic - the bias is embedded in the structure of the algorithm and reflects historical discrimination.
What does Anna research?
Systemic racism AND (OR) Political identities/belonging/consciousness