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SCS 1150 FINAL EXAM PREP (1)
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SCS 1150 FINAL EXAM PREPWhy is teaching critical race theory important? - ANS-Looking at what system causes
discrepancies in race in insustions, society, etc
what is critical race theory? - ANS-The social and legal construction of race advances the
interests of white people at the expense of people of color. Or The core idea is that race is a
social construct.
who are the CRT: Supporters? - ANS-Derrick Bell
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Ibram X. Kendi
Robin Diangelo
What does the CRT reject? - ANS-truth and merit, and undervalues liberalism.
who are the CRT critics? - ANS-John McWhorter
Andrew Sullivan
Randall Kennedy
who are the Conservatives Censoring CRT and what did they say about CRT? - ANS-Donald
Trump: "I ended it because it's racist"
Ron DeSantis (Gov. ofFlorida): "It's Making Us More Ignorant"
Christopher F. Rufo(conservative activist): criticize and combat its implementation in various
institutions
What are the faults of CRT? - ANS-Supporters go beyond its mandate (imposing ideological and
political)
Supporters sometimes avoid evidence-based thinking
Supporters assume their conclusions (they want activism to work now, not later)
What is CRT contemporary mission? - ANS-to examine and challenge the ways in which race
and racism intersect with and impact various aspects of society, including law, politics,
education, and culture.
What does "race" mean? - ANS-Can be skin color or ancestry.
Ethnicity.
Religious heritage.
Cultural heritage.
What is Racism? - ANS-It is simplistic to think of it as exclusively and universally "whites
oppressing blacks"
, It is a human fault
A worldwide phenomenon throughout history
Every culture has been complicit in slavery to some degree
What was the 3 way strategy to justify Slavery? - ANS-1. Racial Inferiority: certain races were
inherently inferior to others. Lazy, low iq.
2. Economic Necessity: revolved around the belief that slave labor was essential for the
economic prosperity of a society
3. Religious and Moral Justifications: slavery was a means of civilizing and Christianizing
allegedly "uncivilized" populations.
What was the African complicity in the slave trade: 3 ways? - ANS-1. intertribal Warfare and
Captives: African kingdoms and tribes engaged in conflicts and wars with neighboring groups.
Captives taken in these conflicts were sometimes sold to European slave traders
2. African Middlemen and Traders: European slave traders relied on African slave trades to
supply them with slaves
3. Certain African kingdoms and rulers established alliances with European powers involved in
the slave trade.
What countries were involved in the African slave trade and what countries where they sold to?
- ANS-Ghana empire, Mali empire, Kitara empire. Sold there to outside countries, the middle
east.
Who is Tippu Tip and what did he do? - ANS-Tippu Tip played a significant role in the history of
East Africa, particularly in the context of the Arab and Swahili slave trade.
Slavery in Dubai? - ANS-Dubai recruit Pakistani men to build their buildings but at times do not
pay them and take away their visa.
what is Tier 0 superficial tolerance? - ANS-If you identify someone as an immigrant you want to
engage in violence against them
what is Tier 1 superficial tolerance? - ANS-Superficial tolerance, Not doing anything
violent/unconstitutional
what is Tier 2 superficial tolerance? - ANS-treating immigrants as someone equal to yourself
what are three types of tier 1 superficial tolerance? - ANS-Labeling: individuals know
themselves by how others label them.
Segregating: separation of groups of people with differing characteristics
Scapegoating: blaming a group for something bad that has happened or that someone else has
done
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