The white paper and a response mc quiz 1 concerning

The White Paper and a Response
MC Quiz

1. Concerning “the legal distinction between Indians and other Canadians,” the
White Paper proposes to…
2. The Indian Act establishes… 3. According to Turner, ___________ “claims that Indian cultures were never
equal to European cultures.”
Study Guide Questions
1. Think about each of the “important messages” of the White Paper, as
Turner lists them. Which of these do you think reflects the authors’
commitment to liberalism?
2. Do you agree with Turner that the White Paper reflects commitment to
the idea that “Indians… would finally leave their primitive ways
behind” (23)?
3. Is liberalism consistent with the idea of “a unique form of ownership
over their [Aboriginal peoples’] homelands” (24)?
4. Turner takes it that the elimination of a fiduciary relationship will have
the consequence that there are “no more Indians” (24-25). What do you
think he means by that phrase? Is that necessarily a result?
5. Can you think of a way in which liberalism implicitly reflects a
conception of certain cultures as superior to others? (Officially at least,
the whole idea is basically to avoid doing that.)

Sexual Inequality pages 377-398
MC Quiz
1. “The dominance approach” is an approach to sex discrimination that focuses
on…
a) people’s access to certain social roles.
b) the definitions of certain social roles.
c) the privileged position of men in the Original Position.
2. In this chapter Kymlicka discusses two different conceptions of… 3. Kymlicka claims that most jobs currently require…
Study Guide Questions
1. What are “the difference approach” and “the dominance approach” to
evaluating questions about sex discrimination?
2. Do you agree with Karen Green’s claim (referenced on p. 385) that
Rawls’s theory entails “redistributing domestic labour” from how it is
distributed currently?