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Challenges of Biracial Adoptees in Black Communities

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According to Samuels and Ross- Sheriff (2008) what challenges did the biracial (mixed race) adoptees have in so-called black communities when they were adopted by black parents?

they were seen as not authentically black and acting white

Phadi and Ceruti (2011) in their exploration of middle- class in Soweto found that most of the research participants used for indicators to identify someone as belonging to the middle class. These were ____, _____, _____, and ______.

affordability, employment, comparison, and by association

The critical theory of_____ promotes an understanding of human beings as shaped by the interaction of race/ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, geography, age, disability/ability, migration status, religion. These interactions occur within a context of connected systems and structures of power such as laws and policies. Through such processes, interdependent forms of privilege and ________ shaped by colonialism, imperialism, racism, homophobia, ableism and patriarchy are created.

intersectionality; oppression

Critical social psychologists argue that there is a humanistic crisis in experimental psychology because in these laboratory experiments, the research subject is placed in a strange environment so that particular variables can be measured. This simplification of complex social behaviour is called _______?

reductionism

Mainstream social psychology often universalize the experiences of privileged people when they think their actions (as members of the privileged or dominant groups) are merely normal, reality, traditional, or truth rather than unfair or oppressive. Critical psychologists argue that by doing this they are maintaining the______.

status quo

What kind of micro-aggression is Amy's response to Sarah's identification as bisexual?

micro-invalidation

What two models of (dis)ability are reflected in the educational psychologist's and Thabo's parents' recommendations for his education?

special; barrier

The model of gender, which suggests that gender is acquired through learning and socialisation, is known as ________.

gender as social construct

Thuli's grandmother is unhappy about the way Thuli dresses. She calls her a tomboy and says that she is a bad influence on her female cousins. Her teachers also complain that Thuli is disrespectful because she disagrees with older boys and teachers. Thuli is unconcerned because she does not believe that her gender _______has to align with her ________ assigned at birth.

expression; sex

Gendered inequality can be measured in many ways. Which of the following is not a measure of gendered inequality as it pertains to women's time and labour ?

grooming to satisfy the male gaze

This quiz explores the challenges faced by biracial adoptees when adopted by black parents in black communities, based on the research by Samuels and Ross-Sheriff (2008). It examines the experiences of mixed-race adoptees in black families. Understand the implications of transracial adoption on the children's identity and relationships.

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