Basic Vocabulary
A socially constructed theory based on ones perceived biological feature(s).
What is race?
True or false: Racism is only located in the United States.
What is false?
Refers to the set of societal privileges from which white people benefit from, beyond those commonly experienced by people of color.
What is white privilege?
Systemic devaluing, undermining, marginalizing, and disadvantaging of certain social identities in contrast to the privileged norm.
What is oppression?
Characteristics that a social group shares/ has in common, for example: religion, cultural heritage, language/dialect.
What is ethnicity?
A group of people who are singled out for unequal treatment and who regard themselves as subjects of discrimination.
What is a minority group?
True or False: The higher unemployment rate for black Americans is largely due to lack of education.
False.
Giving everyone what they need to be successful.
What is equity?
A set of beliefs that promotes the idea of supposed inferiority of a minority group.
What is racism?
Compared with their U.S.-born peers, immigrant men in the U.S., ages 18-39, are likely to be in jail or prison this many times.
What is 5x more likely?
Source: Immigration Policy Center, 2008
A type of privilege that white people are born with.
What is unearned or white privilege?
The belief that male gender identities and masculine gender expressions are superior to female and/or feminine ones.
What is sexism?
A person's internal, deeply felt sense of either being male, female, something other, or in between.
What is gender identity?
This term includes all the ways in which people differ, and it encompasses all the different characteristics that make one individual or group different from another.
What is diversity?
Without trying, easily being able to find media (i.e., tv, movies, pop culture) to see others like yourself.
What is a white privilege?
What is an example of intersectionality?
What is a female + immigrant + person of color?
Also known as unconscious or hidden bias. These are negative associations that people unknowingly hold and usually express without conscious awareness.
What is implicit bias or stereotyping?
Assuming that a student of color is better at sports than at school is an example of ________.
What is unconscious racism or implicit bias?
Also will accept stereotyping.
A life long process of building relationships based on trust, consistency and accountability, supporting members of minority groups with their struggle.
They are a crucial group in the work of social justice.
What is ally-ship or allies?
Stereotyping and discriminating against individuals or groups on the basis of their age; this may be casual or systematic.
What is ageism?
Involvement and empowerment, where the inherent worth and dignity of all people are recognized. A sense of belonging is promoted and sustained; the structure or organization values and practices respect for the talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of living of its members.
What is inclusion?