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1
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What are some examples of microaffirmations to counter discrimination?

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2
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How does boxing and/or the NBA replicate racist practices of child labour?

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3
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Know some events from the history of boxing that show how it is connected to racism.

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4
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Race is not ____ but a ____ construct.

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  • biological

- social

5
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Race as a social construct does not mean there are no _____ differences, but the ______ into which people are placed are socially constructed.

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  • physiological

- categories

6
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Colour-blind ideology:

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denies that race, and thus racism, is an issue any longer

7
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Meritocracy:

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people rise to the level of their own ability and talent (merit based reward system)

8
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Obsessing on race will not allow us to move ____ race. ____ and _____ will dissolve racism faster than ____ and ____.

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  • beyond
  • perspiration
  • teamwork
  • therapy
  • dialogue
9
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Describe diversity in the NBA:

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  • majority of players are African-American
  • Majority of owners are White
  • Majority of league office staff is white
  • Head coaches about 50/50
10
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Veiled racism:

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  • sanitized language that looks on the surface to support liberal values (cultural, equality, freedom, choice, democracy)
  • couched in multicultural frames: “it’s about culture not race”
  • intent: I didn’t mean to be therefore I’m not racist
  • claim that racism is over
  • comes with the fear whites feel about losing power in society
  • employs common terms that seem unconnected to racism
11
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Instead of talking about race, people now talk about ____ differences. _____ is used to show how everything is equal and we have ____ of _____. So if there are differences, these must come about because some people don’t ….

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  • cultural
  • democracy
  • freedom of choice
  • work as hard
12
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When combined with _____ _____, possible negative subject positions for ____ decrease even more.

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  • sexual orientation

- women

13
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3 types of microagressions:

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  • microinvalidations
  • microassaults
  • microinsults
14
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Microaffirmations:

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apparently small acts, which are often ephemeral and hard-to-see, events that are public and private, often unconscious but very effective, which occur whenever people wish to help others succeed