Writing 2121F/G Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Epicanthic Fold, Ad Hominem, Pejorative

• School: Western University
• Department: Writing
• Course: Writing 2121F/G
• Professor: Marielle Aylen

Document Summary

Race = biological subjects: was based on faulty premise that pigmentation and other aspects of biology (e. g. epicanthic fold) differentiate people in other ways (capacities, personality traits, dispositions, etc. , a form of speciesism. Ethnicity = displaces race, and refers to historically and culturally constituted groups: ex. Latino, hispanic, african-american, japanese-canadian, first nations: history produces identity, not biology, recognizes differences between and among communities. Language, religion, mores, beliefs, cultural practices: recognizes that the differences are social and historical in origin, can acknowledge that markers of biological difference figures in ethnicity. Diaspora: traditionally, referred to people of jewish heritage outside israel/palestine, any group dispersed globally from homeland, usually involuntarily. Ideology: ideologue = pejorative term for rigidity/narrowness in political orientation/thinking. An ideologue is viewed as politically correct : ideology = cluster of beliefs, values, assumptions that form a coherent theoretical system. Democracy, marxism, neo-liberalism, feminism, etc: less apparent when widely accepted.