Deck 3: Racisms and Anti-Racism

Question 1

Into what category of exclusion do we normally place the concept of harassment?

A) Discrimination
B) Prejudice
C) Stereotype
D) Ethnocentrism

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What do we call the phenomena whereby some Canadians believe racism is under control except for a few 'bad apples', whereas other Canadians believe racism is out of control and reflects a society that is rotten to the core?

A) Race relations
B) Rashomon effect
C) Racial profiling
D) Subliminal racism

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What type of racism involves rules that are evenly and equally applied to everyone, yet this application has a discriminatory effect on some by excluding or denying them full and equal participation?

A) Systemic
B) Systematic
C) Ideological
D) Normative

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What do we call the tendency to interpret the world from one's point of view as normal and necessary while others are dismissed as irrelevant or inferior?

A) Ethnocentrism
B) Stereotype
C) Eurocentrism
D) Cultural relativism

Question 5

Different definitions of racism exist because different dimensions of racism are emphasized. Which of the following is NOT a dimension that accounts for definitions of racism?

A) Biology
B) Culture
C) Ideology
D) Prejudice

Question 6

What definition of racism involves a belief in innate differences as socially significant?

A) Biological
B) Cultural
C) Ideological
D) Social construction

Question 7

What name is given to a racism that is explicit, highly abusive, and directly personal?

A) Hate
B) Polite
C) Subliminal
D) Everyday

Question 8

Who in Canada is sometimes referred to as Canada's Rosa Parks for her role in challenging racial discrimination in Nova Scotia?

A) Viola Desmond
B) Adrienne Clarkson
C) Laura Secord
D) Michaelle Jean

Question 9

The text distinguishes 4 major types (or faces) of racism. Which of the following is NOT regarded as a major type?

A) Interpersonal
B) Institutional
C) Intergroup
D) Ideological

Question 10

What term describes any unfair treatment that has the intent or effect of adversely affecting others on grounds other than merit?

A) Prejudice
B) Subliminal racism
C) Discrimination
D) Rashomon effect

Question 11

According to the case study on 'Is Canada a racist society?' it was argued that a racist society should be defined as one in which racism .

A) Reflects high levels of prejudice
B) Involves a minimum number of discriminatory incidents
C) Is officially defined
D) Is institutionalized

Question 12

What term describes generalizations about others that are unfounded and unwarranted in light of existing evidence?

A) Ethnocentrism
B) Stereotype
C) Subliminal
D) Implicit Association

Question 13

What does the Implicit Association Test attempt to measure?

A) Hidden and unconscious prejudices
B) Widely assumed perceptions that are consistent with people's expressed values
C) Formal recognition of prejudice as a social problem in society
D) The Rashomon effect

Question 14

What term describes those definitions of racism that emphasize how the dominant sector secures its privilege and power at the expense of others? Racism as .

A) Political
B) Culture
C) Race
D) Power

Question 15

What do we call the type of racism that employees commit on behalf of an organization and with its approval?

A) Systemic
B) Subliminal
C) Normative
D) Systematic

Question 16

What do we call the type of racism that reinforces majority interests at the expense of minority interests by privileging mainstream cultural values and communication patterns?

A) Polite
B) Systemic
C) Ideological
D) Systematic

Question 17

What kind of racism involves a deliberate attempt to conceal a dislike of others?

A) Hate
B) Polite
C) Subliminal
D) Systemic

Question 18

According to the text, what is the preferred response if a colleague makes a racist joke?

A) Walk away
B) Play Dumb
C) Give the silent treatment
D) A gentle but firm criticism

Question 19

According to the text, racism consists of several constituents. Which of the following is NOT included as a constituent of racism?

A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) Power
D) Status

Question 20

What do we call those generalized attitudes and beliefs that encourage people to prejudge others without taking into account all the facts or refusing to change when presented with contrary evidence?

A) Ethnocentrism
B) Stereotype
C) Harassment
D) Prejudice

Question 21

According to the text, what kind of racism is associated with those businesses that say, "We don't serve minorities here"?

Question 22

According to the text, an anti-racism strategy that combines both individual and institutional approaches is known as antiracism.

Question 23

What do we call racism that is found among the class of persons who abhor open discrimination toward minorities but are unlikely to do something about it or will criticize minorities for doing something about it?

A) Normative
B) Subliminal
C) Systemic
D) Ideological

Question 24

If you say to a person of colour, "sorry, the apartment is no longer available", when, in fact, there are vacancies, you are guilty of racism.

Question 25

The text argues that Canada is a racist society because white privilege is deeply embedded in the foundational structures of society. This racism is called

Question 26

What term describes the tendency to see the world from ones' point of view as normal and necessary, while dismissing other viewpoints as irrelevant or inferior?

Question 27

Instead of biological or psychological explanations to account for the causes of racism, what explanatory framework is employed in this text?

Question 28

What do we call a racism that is deeply embedded within the foundational principles of a society's constitutional order?

Question 29

What kind of racism is expressed when someone joins a white supremacist group?

Question 30

What term describes any unfair treatment that has the intent or effect of negatively affecting others on grounds other than that of merit or credentials?

Question 31

What racism is captured by the cliché, "we treat everyone the same around here regardless of colour or origin"?

Question 32

What do we call those actions that challenge racism through direct action?

A) Non racism
B) Anti-racism
C) Racial profiling
D) Racialization

Question 33

What kind of racism prevails when people tell us that they endorse minority rights, but then refuse to implement measures that would allow these rights to be put into practice?

Question 34

What do we call those generalized attitudes and beliefs that encourage people to prejudge others without taking into account all the facts?

Question 35

The text discusses 3 major types of anti-racism strategies at individual levels. Which of the following is NOT included in this list?

A) Self-absorption
B) Interaction
C) Education
D) Law

Question 36

According to the text, including the debate at the beginning and end of the chapter, Canada is a racist society. True or False

Question 37

What kind of racism is most closely associated with a belief in a colour-blind society?

A) Infrastructural
B) Polite
C) Subliminal
D) Systematic

Question 38

If police racial profiling is the result of organizational rules, agendas, and practices, then what level of anti-racist action is required to address the problem?

A) Interpersonal
B) Institutional
C) Individual
D) International

Question 39

A belief that other cultural practices are inferior to or incompatible with mainstream culture is known as racism.

Question 40

What term describes those ideas and ideals that assert or imply the superiority of one group over another, together with the institutionalized power to put these beliefs into practice in a way that excludes, denies, or exploits?