Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sex and Sexuality week 8

These flashcards cover key vocabulary related to race, ethnicity, gender, sex, and sexuality, as discussed in introductory sociology.

Stereotypes

Oversimplified ideas about groups of people.

Prejudice

Thoughts and feelings about groups of people.

Discrimination

Actions toward a specific group based on prejudice.

Racism

A type of prejudice involving set beliefs about a specific racial group.

Racialization

The process of assigning and making racial identities meaningful.

Blood Quantum

A system used to define Indigenous identity based on Indigenous ancestry percentage.

Visible Minorities

Persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour.

Scapegoat Theory

A sociological explanation suggesting marginalized groups are blamed for problems they did not cause.

Double Consciousness

The internal conflict experienced by African Americans navigating identity through two different lenses.

Multiculturalism

Recognition of cultural and racial diversity and equality among Canadians.

Gender Roles

Society’s expectations of how men and women should behave.

Sexism

The belief that one sex is innately superior to the other.

Patriarchy

A social organization in which males dominate females.

Intersectionality

The consideration of how different forms of oppression intersect.