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A meritocracy is a system in which rewards are distributed solely based upon a person's merit. We know that our system is NOT a meritocracy because some people get their resources through
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Inheritance
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'epistemic privilege' means
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The luxury of being obliviosness to one's own privilege.
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Prejudice is
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Prejudgment without knowledge
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Discrimination is
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An act of differential treatment
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Race is socially constructed. That means it is determined by
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People
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The dominant group in society has
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The most power also known as majority.
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Johnson uses the game of Monopoly to demonstrate the meaning of 'social system
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Used to represent following the path/the norm/the path of least resistance
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Socialization leads us to...
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...taking the path of least resistance
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Johnson believes that human beings are prisoners to a natural order that pits us against each other. true or false.
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False
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What is the point Parrillo makes in each chapter
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Diversity if still present and has always been present.
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What is wrong with the way we describe issues in the past?
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We use terms that are common today that may have never even been established in that time.
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Matrilinial is...
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Power passes through the mother.
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Matrilocal is...
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Everyone lives with their mothers, if you get married you llive with the bride and her family.
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Grandfather clauses are...
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Can only vote if their grandfather can vote, eliminating blacks and imigrants from the right to vote.
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Poll taxes are...
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Taxes to keep the poor from voting
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