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.
The Great Sport Myth
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.
What are the different forms of capital?
Social, economic, and cultural
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 Coloured Hockey League illustrates how Black bodies have been erased from hockey and national narratives. What is this called?
Counter narratives
Why are crime shows with Black perpetrators harmful?
TRUE OR FALSE - All the TAs for this course are graduate students in Sociology.
FALSE - We have TAs studying other disciplines, not just Sociology.
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 hocky shape national identity?
Through tradition/rituals, highly televised, symbol of privilege and White supremacy, etc.
This 2018 film became a landmark for Black representation in superhero movies.
Black Panther
How many TAs have cats?
3 (that Anna knows of)
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.
How are White supremacy and White privilege expressed in the "great sports myth"?
Who is sports great for?
Who gets to have the privilege to remove or detach themselves from political issues, especially involving race and racism?
Colin Kaepernick vs. Sidney Crosby - and the criticisms (of lack of) faced.
Who is sports great for?
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 (institutional) racism AND (OR) Political identities/belonging/consciousness