“Race” and Ethnicity

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. Which term refers to the process in which people are viewed and judged as essentially different in terms of their intellect, their morality, their values, and their innate worth because of differences of physical type or cultural heritage?

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. Which theory holds the view that ethnicity is established by individuals for varying social purposes?

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. Which theory states that gender is experienced differently, with unique forms of oppression when combined with negatively valued social locations, such as ethnic minorities?

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. During the American Civil War, the British offered black American slaves freedom if they left their American masters to fight on the British side. Many of those freed slaves settled in Canada. In what province did they predominantly settle?

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. Which term refers to situations when racist practices, rules, and laws become institutionalized?

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. What is another term for primordialism?

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. When was Viola Desmond featured on Canada's $10 bill?

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. How long have Indigenous people been living in Canada?

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. Research shows that the positions of place kicker and running back in the National Football League (NFL) are highly racialized.

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. After Obama's election as the first black American president, the country moved in the direction of becoming a post-racial society.

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. Montreal has the second largest black community in Canada, thanks to recent immigration from Jamaica.

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. Subtle forms of racism are often called "friendly racism."

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. The term "race" reflects beliefs about the "natural" or "biological" superiority or inferiority in the context of colonial power.

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. Prejudice is the open, conscious expression of racist views by an individual.

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. Less than 50 per cent of the residents of Nunavut are Inuit.

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. The epiphenomenal approach to ethnicity suggests that any ethnic conflict is really just a byproduct of the struggle between economic classes.

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. Métis are the descendants of French fur traders and Cree women.

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