Understanding Diversity Exam Study Guide: Intersectionality
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What is the term used to describe the unfair treatment of individuals or groups based on one or more of their protected characteristics?

  • Direct Discrimination (correct)
  • Exploitation
  • Powerlessness
  • Systemic Discrimination

    • Which term describes policies, practices, and patterns of behavior of social institutions that can appear neutral but have a discriminatory or harmful effect?

  • Cultural Imperialism
  • Exploitation
  • Direct Discrimination
  • Systemic Discrimination (correct)

    • What is the term used to describe the unfair use of people's time or labor without compensating them fairly?

  • Powerlessness
  • Direct Discrimination
  • Systemic Discrimination
  • Exploitation (correct)

    • Which term describes a situation where the dominant group has left the subordinate group with little to no access to rights and privileges?

    <p>Powerlessness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe a form of oppression where the dominant group has made their beliefs and values the norms of society?

    <p>Cultural Imperialism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of discrimination is described as the subordinate group coming to believe that they deserve the unfair treatment?

    <p>Powerlessness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the ways in which various aspects of identity interconnect on multiple levels?

    <p>Intersectionality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which form of identity is based on the attributes of a group that an individual aligns with?

    <p>Social identity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the first step to becoming a diversity-competent practitioner according to the text?

    <p>Developing self-awareness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of identity is often influenced by physical appearance and stereotypes?

    <p>Ascribed identity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can be considered a barrier to diverse populations according to the text?

    <p>Ascribed identity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does social identity change according to the text?

    <p>It varies depending on whom you are with</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) formed by the Canadian Government in 2008?

    <p>To document the truth of survivors, families, and communities affected by residential schools.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main premise behind the 60s scoop in relation to Indigenous peoples?

    <p>To force Indigenous peoples to give up their culture and live like British settlers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the process of beginning to adapt to a new environment?

    <p>Acclimatization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do the four sacred medicines of the medicine wheel represent?

    <p>Traditional remedies with cultural significance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of the Two-row wampum belt treaty?

    <p>A treaty respecting the dignity and integrity of Aboriginal peoples</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is acculturative stress?

    <p>The stress of adapting to a new culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of institutional racism?

    <p>Failing to include experiences of racialized communities in history books</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the belief that one sex is superior to the other, often leading to discrimination, called?

    <p>Sexism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes heterosexism?

    <p>A system of oppressing non-heterosexual identities and relationships</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term describes the systematic oppression of subordinate classes by dominant class groups?

    <p>Classism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of individual racism?

    <p>Offensive racist jokes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the unequal treatment of individuals or groups based on their characteristics or behaviors called?

    <p>Discrimination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main reason why refugees come to Canada?

    <p>Persecution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a type of protected person according to Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act?

    <p>Immigrant</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of an asylum seeker according to the text?

    <p>A person seeking protection as a refugee in another country but has not yet been found to meet the definition of a refugee</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of systemic discrimination according to the text?

    <p>Refers to the policies, practices, and patterns of behaviour of social institutions that can appear to be non-discriminatory, neutral and/or unintentional, but in fact have a discriminatory or harmful effect on a person based on one or more protected grounds</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of a refugee according to the text?

    <p>A person who is forced to flee from persecution and who is located outside of their home country</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of powerlessness according to the text?

    <p>Occurs when the dominant group has left the subordinate group with virtually no access to the rights and privileges enjoyed by the powerful</p> Signup and view all the answers

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