Understanding Racism, Sexism, and Heterosexism: Definitions and Concepts, Quizzes of Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Download Understanding Racism, Sexism, and Heterosexism: Definitions and Concepts and more Quizzes Introduction to Cultural Anthropology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 What is racism, sexism, heterosexism? (Open ended question) DEFINITION 1 An attitude? An action? An intention? An interpretation? The belief that some races are inferior to others? Making assumptions about people based on their race, even if it's positive? Noticing race? Believing that race exists? TERM 2 Cultural Essentialism DEFINITION 2 The reducing of a complex, diverse social group/category to a simple set of stable, all-encompassing traits Treating a cultural group as homogenous Treating one member of a group as representative of the whole group TERM 3 Strategic Essentialism DEFINITION 3 Treating a group as monolithic for the best interest of the group TERM 4 Racism is systemic DEFINITION 4 Not individual intentioned actions Stigma -- collective awareness of positive societal attitudesa. ***People don't have to actually share the attitude in order for the stigma to exist -ism -- cultural ideologies that privilege one group over another Prejudice -- negative attitudes toward people in a particular category TERM 5 Implicit vs. Explicit Bias DEFINITION 5 Implicit -- bias in judgment and/or behavior that results from subtle cognitive processes that often operate at a level below conscious awareness and without intentional control Explicit -- reflects attitudes or beliefs that one endorses at a conscious level, done on purpose TERM 6 Privilege DEFINITION 6 A lack of particular disadvantages that affect others "It's a lucky thing" TERM 7 Tokenism DEFINITION 7 2 different connotations: When people are included to fill a role, check a box When people belonging to marked groups are treated first and foremost as a member of that groupa. Ambassadorsb. Non-whiteness/non-maleness/non-straightness TERM 8 Tokenism in Popular Media DEFINITION 8 Increasing pressuring/desire to diversify casts Often means "having one of each" Usually having ancillary roles (goofy sidekick) Their roles often revolve around their markedness Audience rarely asked to take their perspective ("othered") TERM 9 Q's to Raise Awareness About Markedness DEFINITION 9 Which characters have their own plot line? Which characters have a romantic plot line? Which characters show up for jokes? TERM 10 Dilemmas of Tokenism DEFINITION 10 How do we increase diversity w/out resorting to tokenism? Is any attempt to diversify going to result in tokenism? Is tokenism necessary toward inclusion? Measurable negative effect on people's lives?a. Yes