Structural Injustice (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Quizzes
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What is structural injustice?
What is structural injustice?
Government systematic discrimination against groups
At what level does structural injustice operate?
At what level does structural injustice operate?
Institutional level
What characterises structural injustice?
What characterises structural injustice?
Government-sanctioned discrimination policies
What was Cromwell's infamous Irish policy called?
What was Cromwell's infamous Irish policy called?
To Hell or to Connacht
What penalty faced Irish who refused Cromwell's policy?
What penalty faced Irish who refused Cromwell's policy?
Death sentences
When did the apartheid system operate in South Africa?
When did the apartheid system operate in South Africa?
Most of the 20th century
How much land were non-whites confined to under apartheid?
How much land were non-whites confined to under apartheid?
10-15% of land
What did apartheid segregate?
What did apartheid segregate?
Public spaces like transport & beaches
What did Bantu laws limit non-white education to?
What did Bantu laws limit non-white education to?
Gardening, manual labour & domestic work
What did educational apartheid ensure?
What did educational apartheid ensure?
Well-paying jobs only for white people
What contemporary issue shows structural injustice?
What contemporary issue shows structural injustice?
Laws criminalising same-gender relations
What does structural injustice represent at a national level?
What does structural injustice represent at a national level?
Moral failure