Study Guide for W/ST 318I: U.S. Women of Color Midterm You will need a blue (green) book for this exam and will NOT be permitted to take the exam without one. The exam will last the entire class period and is closed book. It will consist of two sections: identification terms and short answers. Below is a list of topics‚ words‚ and phrases that we have learned about thus far. The exam questions will be drawn from this list. For the identification section‚ you will be given a set of 7 terms
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The Surprising History of Homosexuality and Homophobia http://www.bidstrup.com/phobiahistory.htm people may becomes homosexual when there is a lack of the same sex attraction some of them are just “born” to be homosexual ancients did not view gender as a determining factor of who should love or be married to who ancient view of homosexual sex as innocuous‚ harmless it is not a big deal for them‚ it’s as normal as childplay homosexual relationships were widely acknowledged‚ not considered immoral
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Our Imperfect World “You are imperfect. And so am I. All humans are imperfect.” Elliot’s animation style in the film Mary and Max reflects how imperfect life and people can be. All the objects and characters in the film are a bit off-center‚ squished and disfigured. I do not believe this film could be made as a ‘live action’ film as it would lose its quirkiness and uniqueness. “Jurors are outstanding members of the community who haven’t murdered anyone.” The ‘darkness’ highlighted in Elliot’s
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school dropout (Keuroghlian‚ Shtasel‚ & Bassuk‚ 2014). In communities‚ there are five factors that prohibit resilience within the lesbian or gay youth. Russell‚ Bohan‚ McCarroll‚ & Smith (2011) stated that the lesbian or gay youth often experience homophobia‚ divisions’ within their own communities; inability to make sense of danger; family failure of support
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Introduction “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than government in breaking down racial barriers” (Busbee‚ 2013). This quote from Nelson Mandela describes one of the key ways he felt he was able to help unify South Africa; he used sport to begin to breakdown the culture
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theory provides a basis for a behavioral standard within a group such that any deviation from these norms is viewed as socially undesirable (Schultz‚ Nolan‚ Cialdini‚ Goldstein‚ & Griskevicius‚ 2007). To align with social group norms exhibiting homophobia‚ peers could influence bystanders to increase or decrease their anti-gay attitudes and behavior‚ or‚ alternately‚ provide implied validation of attitudes and behavior over time (Poteat‚ 2007). Since the current social norm in public schools aligns
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law should reaffirm biases toward specific social groups. This argument was rejected in the Supreme Court decision of Palmore v. Sidoti because law cannot be allowed to affirm prejudice toward interracial couples; nor can it be allowed to affirm homophobia in this case. Additionally‚ Sheri fails to provide a nexus between the father’s homosexuality and any harm to their daughter. She does not attempt to point to any harm that has arisen since the father began his relationship with a man‚ only justifying
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Current examples of fascism Even though there aren’t any more fascist countries in the world‚ there are many groups or organizations that have still been running using fascist ideologies. The KKK‚ or the Ku Klux Klan‚ is a racist‚ anti-Semitic movement with a commitment to extreme violence to achieve its goals of racial segregation and white supremacy. Of all the types of right-wing hate groups that exist in the United States‚ the Klan remains the one with the greatest number of national and
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We are a country deep in hate and turmoil due to anti-Islamic protests‚ Black Lives Matter‚ anti-police protests‚ and homophobia. We have mosques being burned to the ground in fear of ISIS. Innocent Muslims being emotionally and physically attacked for their religion. African Americans and Police officers are being shot because of prejudices and stereotypes held against one
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and foremost‚ elements of the question itself must be defined‚ including what‚ where‚ and how. In this paper‚ rap music will be defined as “gansta rap”‚ rap music notorious for common themes such as drug dealing‚ violence‚ profanity‚ misogyny‚ and homophobia. The area in question for censorship will be limited to the United States. Censorship itself is defined as the “official prohibition or restriction of any type of expression believed to threaten the political‚ social‚ or moral order” (Downs). With
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