CCS 275 Study Guide exam with complete
solutions 2024/2025
Race - ANSWER-a socially constructed system of unequal human categorization
that produces both social and material consequences that are very real and very
significant
Phenotype - ANSWER-refers to observable variation in skin pigmentation and
superficial features, not genetic diversity
Ethnicity - ANSWER-The cultural inheritance that may include or be associated
with certain phenotypical features as well
Systemic racism - ANSWER--Racism is imbedded in our social, cultural, and
political institutions
-Racism exists even in the absence of any individual person;s conscious bias
(2.2)
Racism as distinct from prejudice - ANSWER-Prejudice is the belief or attitude
about a person or group before the facts are know, while racism is any program
or practice of discrimination based on a racial group
white supremacy - ANSWER-the belief that whites are biologically different and
superior to people of other races
White Privilege - ANSWER-the benefits people receive simply by being part of the
dominant group
Cultural Normativity - ANSWER-The idea of what is normal. White people are
conditioned to believe that their practices are normal while POC are conditioned
to believe they are different
, Critical Race Theory - ANSWER-Racial inequality and racism persist as
significant in society because they are inscribed in our systems, structures, and
ideological understandings of the world
Ex: examining how policies and rules were/are used to penalize Black athletes for
protest and prevent/derail substantive conversation on the issues they were
trying to draw attention to
Critical Theory - ANSWER-Social class and socioeconomic power dynamics
shape nearly all forms of inequity, conflict, and social tension
Ex: Tracing who benefits from a taxpayer funded stadium built for a privately
owned team, and what the actual long-term economic impact/job gains for a
community will be
Queer Theory - ANSWER-The imposition of monolithic, normative, either/or,
binary categories of identity and and experience is a source of inequity and
oppression
Ex: Backlash to female athletes paying too aggressively or in ways that aren't
elegant enough; or the inverse; male athletes not being physical enough
Feminist Theory - ANSWER-All people of all genders should be respected, treated
, and valued equally in society
EX: Analyzing the pay dispute, anf the careful response using the word 'equitable'
instead of 'equal'
Postcolonial Theory - ANSWER-We are all living with the continued, destructive,
pathological and oppressive legacies of European colonials and imperialism
Ex: Making sense of FIFA and the IOC's extensive corruption of autocratic
regimes in the Global South to host the World Cup/Olympic Games while
enriching themselves
White Racial Framing - ANSWER-A color blind perception of the wold that actively
ignores the consequences of race and racism in society and individual
experience
solutions 2024/2025
Race - ANSWER-a socially constructed system of unequal human categorization
that produces both social and material consequences that are very real and very
significant
Phenotype - ANSWER-refers to observable variation in skin pigmentation and
superficial features, not genetic diversity
Ethnicity - ANSWER-The cultural inheritance that may include or be associated
with certain phenotypical features as well
Systemic racism - ANSWER--Racism is imbedded in our social, cultural, and
political institutions
-Racism exists even in the absence of any individual person;s conscious bias
(2.2)
Racism as distinct from prejudice - ANSWER-Prejudice is the belief or attitude
about a person or group before the facts are know, while racism is any program
or practice of discrimination based on a racial group
white supremacy - ANSWER-the belief that whites are biologically different and
superior to people of other races
White Privilege - ANSWER-the benefits people receive simply by being part of the
dominant group
Cultural Normativity - ANSWER-The idea of what is normal. White people are
conditioned to believe that their practices are normal while POC are conditioned
to believe they are different
, Critical Race Theory - ANSWER-Racial inequality and racism persist as
significant in society because they are inscribed in our systems, structures, and
ideological understandings of the world
Ex: examining how policies and rules were/are used to penalize Black athletes for
protest and prevent/derail substantive conversation on the issues they were
trying to draw attention to
Critical Theory - ANSWER-Social class and socioeconomic power dynamics
shape nearly all forms of inequity, conflict, and social tension
Ex: Tracing who benefits from a taxpayer funded stadium built for a privately
owned team, and what the actual long-term economic impact/job gains for a
community will be
Queer Theory - ANSWER-The imposition of monolithic, normative, either/or,
binary categories of identity and and experience is a source of inequity and
oppression
Ex: Backlash to female athletes paying too aggressively or in ways that aren't
elegant enough; or the inverse; male athletes not being physical enough
Feminist Theory - ANSWER-All people of all genders should be respected, treated
, and valued equally in society
EX: Analyzing the pay dispute, anf the careful response using the word 'equitable'
instead of 'equal'
Postcolonial Theory - ANSWER-We are all living with the continued, destructive,
pathological and oppressive legacies of European colonials and imperialism
Ex: Making sense of FIFA and the IOC's extensive corruption of autocratic
regimes in the Global South to host the World Cup/Olympic Games while
enriching themselves
White Racial Framing - ANSWER-A color blind perception of the wold that actively
ignores the consequences of race and racism in society and individual
experience
