Exam 6: Race and Racialization

Which term refers to the failure to include the narratives, experiences, and events of racialized communities in Canadian history books?

Zima has just immigrated to Canada with her family.At her previous school, she was at the top of her class and excelled, especially in math and science.On her first day at her new school she is given an assessment to see if she meets the benchmarks for her grade.Because she does not read or write English, she did poorly on the assessment given.No other measures are taken to assess her abilities and she is placed in a remedial class.What is this an example of?

What is one example of racial profiling in law enforcement?

Based on the "Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools" reading, what does the author, Theodore Fontaine, suggest?

Which term refers to the assumption that all individuals of a particular race or ethnicity have the same characteristics and abilities?

Which researcher did NOT use racial and ethnic categories to suggest a hierarchy in abilities and attributes?

A young man vandalizes a local synagogue by spray painting swastikas on the outside of the building.What is this act an example of?

What is meant by the term "colourblindness"? How can using this term worsen injustices?

Defence lawyers in Canadian hate crime cases often point to Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Section 2 of the Charter guarantees freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and expression.How has the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on this matter?

There is an alleged police practice of picking up Indigenous people and taking them to a distant location far away, and then leaving them to get home on their own.What is this called?

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is held each year on March 21.What does this date commemorate?

A well-dress man, waiting for his bus, moves to the side of a bridge to shield himself from the cold wind of November.A police officer stops to speak with him to find out what he is doing and why he is standing where he is.The only reason for the stop is the colour of the man's skin.What is this an example of?

A woman walks into the emergency room at the hospital and refuses to be helped by any doctor except one that is Caucasian.She begins to yell at the staff, "I want a white doctor, why can I not have a white doctor?" What form of racism is this an example of?

You and your friend are having a discussion about race.Your friend says "People are just people.I don't see colour.We're all just human." What are your friend's comments an example of?

In the early 1800s, American physician and scientist Samuel Morton conducted a systematic analysis of hundreds of human skulls from all over the world to confirm his hypothesis that there is a relationship between race and the size of skulls.What was Morton trying to prove by using science?

Research conducted by Dr.Scot Wortley of the University of Toronto revealed that the stop-and-search practices of police officers in Kingston, Ontario, resulted in black people being four times more likely to be stopped than white people.Which concept is explored by this research?

In 2011, Justin and Nathan Rehberg erected a burning cross on the lawn of an interracial couple in Windsor, Nova Scotia.What is this an example of?

A local high school uses an Indigenous person's head as their logo and refers to their school teams as the Braves.What form of racism is this an example of?

The number of hate crimes varies from year to year in Canada, but the most common motivation for hate crimes in Canada remains consistent.What is this motivation?

Explain the four forms of racism mentioned in the text and provide an example for each.