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WorksheetsOppression: Classism
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Differential treatment based on social class or perceived social class
Classism
Racism
Sexism
Oprression
The system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on social or economic status
Oppression
Class
Privilege
Race
A system that maintains advantage and disadvantage base on social group memberships
Privilege
Oppression
Class
Identity
Unearned access to resources only readily available to some people as a result of the advantaged social group membership
Classism
Power
Identity
Privilege
The systematic assignment of characteristics of worth and ability based on social class
Oppression
Sexism
Racism
Classism
The ability to decide who will have access to resources; the capacity to direct or influence the behavior of others, oneself, and/or the course of events.
Privilege
Power
Identity
Social Construct
The following are examples of, what?
Members of the LGBTQIA+ community; women; Mexican-Americans; disabled persons
Social Norm or Construct
Social Group
Classism
Class
The following are examples of, what?
having a 'fit' body-type; speaking English without an accent; men being 'providers' and women being 'mothers'; heterosexual
Social Norm or Construct
Social Class
Classism
Class
A negative outlook toward a person or group; based on perceived status or characteristics of that person or group
Prejudice
Discrimination
Racism
Sexism
An action or practice that excludes, disadvantages, or merely differentiates between individuals and groups on the basis of some ascribed or perceived trait
Prejudice
Discrimination
Racism
Sexism
Why is it hard to always see the existence of oppression? (Select ALL that apply!)
when it becomes apart of our legal system
when it becomes apart of our institutions--like education, judicial, and governmental
when we normalize it through cultural norms
All of the above
Which of the following is a "subordinated" group member?
Ruling-class
Working-class
Middle-class
Owning-class
When considering classism, which of the following is a more "dominant" group member?
a person who is homeless
an undocumented worker
a teenager working two jobs while attending school
the adult child of a wealthy family
The acceptance and justification of classism by working class and poor people.
Internalized Classism
Internalized Superiority
Class privilege
Intersectionality
All of the following are examples of Internalized Classism, EXCEPT?
feelings of inferiority to higher-class people
disdain or shame about traditional patterns of class in one's family or a denial of heritage
hostility or blame towards other working-class people
belief that classist institutions are NOT fair
The acceptance and justification of class privilege by middle-class and wealthy people
Internalized classism
Internalized superiority
Intersectionality
Power
Examples of class privilege include all of the following, EXCEPT
Personal contacts with employers
"legacy admissions" to higher education
Inherited money, good childhood healthcare and education
speaking in a different dialect and accent as people with power
A person whose attitudes and behaviors are anti-classist
Identity
Power
Privilege
Class ally
All of the following would be behaviors of class ally, EXCEPT
doing nothing when noticing an injustice
becoming educated on issued related to classism
actively increases their understanding of issues related to classism
works to eliminate classism from all laws and institutions
The potential that a person has to change their social class
classism
Social power
Social mobility
Intersectionality
The interaction between economic power and other things like rice, gender, relgion, etc.
Power
Classism
Social Norm or Construct
Intersectionality
Based on what you know: which grouping of intersecting identities would, most likely, face the most societal oppression?
A homosexual, middle-class, white man
A wealthy, immigrant, woman from India
A black male, who is heterosexual and wealthy
A mixed-raced female, who is a member of the LGBTQIA+ and currently without a permanent home.
All of the following had to happen before humans started to have classist ideas and practices; EXCEPT
Agriculture
Civilization
Industrialization
Job Specialization
A form of social stratification where a person's social class was determined by birth and the work that one's parents did.
caste system
estates system
classism
internalized superiority
The Ancient Indian caste system affected all of the following, EXCEPT
where they could live and work
who they could marry
where and who they could eat with
what gods they had to worship
All of the following applied to the 'untouchables' with regards to classism in Ancient India, EXCEPT
they did the work that members of the caste system would not do
were still allowed to enter temples, schools, and public wells
handling and disposing of dead bodies and dead cattle
cleaning work that would put them in contact with human emissions
Under the structure of the Ancient Indian caste system, How were individuals able to experience social mobility?
by studying dharma
by fulfilling one's karma and being reincarnated into a higher caste
being educated and specializing in a certain job
by marrying someone of a higher caste
In the events leading up the French Revolution, which group paid the majority of the taxes?
The First Estate; because the Catholic Church owned the majority of valuable farm land
The Second Estate; because they were nobility and had the most money to spare
The Third Estate; because they were the biggest and, therefore, had the most power
The Third Estate; because they had no political power to make the 1st and 2nd groups pay their fair-share
Which of the following classist idea is associated with the antisemitism (prejudice and discrimination against people of Jewish descent) that was present in Medieval Europe?
Jewish people couldn’t own land and could only perform certain jobs within societies
Jewish people had their possessions taken away in order to enforce communist ideas
Jewish people were forced to pay the majority of the taxes and Christians didn’t have to
A Jewish woman’s social status was directly associated with the status of her husband
The social structure in Ancient China was a little different than most social structures that are associated with occupation, in that…?
Women had a higher social status than men
Farmers were of higher social status than merchants
Artisans were the most respected group
They did not have an emperor or ruling class
Which group members are most likely to be negatively affected by gentrification?
Middle-class
Owning-class
Minority groups
Dominant social groups
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state
Communism
Capitalism
Socialism
Command
The following are characteristics of capitalism, EXCEPT
Lack of government intervention
Means of production owned by private firms
Goods and services distributed according to price mechanism
Government controlled housing
The following are all PROs of capitalism, EXCEPT
incentives encourage innovation
incentives encourage efficiency
prevents large governments
consumers have few choices in products
Capitalism is associated with all the following CONs, EXCEPT?
firms can gain monopoly power
externalities damage the environment
firms are known to pay employees fair, living wages
tends to lead to large inequalities
