10 Questions
What is a characteristic of modern forms of racism?
They often operate outside people's conscious awareness
What is the term used to describe the everyday, subtle forms of discrimination?
Microaggression
What is the purpose of the Implicit Association Test (IAT)?
To measure implicit bias through indirect, subtle measures
Why are interracial interactions often challenging?
Because of the vast divides between racial and ethnic groups
What is a term used to describe the ambivalence between people's sincerely fair-minded attitudes and their unconscious, prejudicial feelings?
Aversive Racism
What is the primary difference between old-fashioned racism and modern racism?
Old-fashioned racism is more explicit, while modern racism is more subtle and ambivalent.
What is the primary characteristic of stereotypes?
They concern associations or beliefs about a group.
What is the primary difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Prejudice is based on feelings, while discrimination is based on behaviors.
What is the primary characteristic of sexism?
It is a prejudice and discrimination based on a person's gender.
What is the primary characteristic of racism at an institutional and cultural level?
It is an institutional and cultural practice that promotes the domination of one racial group over another.
Study Notes
Racism, Sexism, Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
- Racism: Prejudice and discrimination based on a person's racial background, or institutional and cultural practices that promote the domination of one racial group over another.
- Sexism: Prejudice and discrimination based on a person's gender or as institutional and cultural practices that promote the domination of one gender (typically men) over another (typically women).
Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
- Stereotypes: Beliefs or associations that link whole groups of people with certain traits or characteristics.
- Prejudice: Negative feelings about others because of their connection to a social group.
- Discrimination: Behaviors - specifically, negative behaviors directed against persons because of their membership in a particular group.
- Stereotypes concern associations or beliefs, prejudice concerns feelings, and discrimination concerns behaviors.
Old-Fashioned and Modern Racism
- Old-fashioned racism: Blatant, explicit, and unmistakable.
- Modern racism: A subtle form of prejudice that tends to surface when it is safe, socially acceptable, or easy to rationalize.
- Modern racism often operates unconsciously or outside people's conscious awareness.
Aversive Racism and Microaggressions
- Aversive racism: The ambivalence between individuals' sincerely fair-minded attitudes and beliefs, on the one hand, and their largely unconscious and unrecognized prejudicial feelings and beliefs, on the other hand.
- Microaggressions: Everyday, typically subtle but hurtful forms of discrimination that are experienced quite frequently by members of targeted groups.
Implicit Racism and the Implicit Association Test (IAT)
- Implicit racism: Racism that operates unconsciously and unintentionally.
- The Implicit Association Test (IAT): A subtle, indirect measure to detect implicit racism by observing the speed of identifying something good after seeing a black face versus a white face.
- Implicit racism correlates with a variety of attitudes and behaviors.
Challenges in Interracial Interactions
- Divides between racial and ethnic groups tend to be more vast and may promote stronger feelings of hostility, fear, and distrust than the divide based on other social categories (e.g., gender, appearance, and age).
- Interracial interactions are often challenging and fraught with emotion and tension.
This quiz covers the concepts of stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination, including definitions of racism and sexism, and their effects on individuals and society.
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