Types of Discrimination
What is the term for the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another?
prejudice or ethnocentrism
What is the term for hidden attitudes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions unconsciously?
Implicit biases
What is the term for a racial or ethnic group subjected to prejudice and discrimination?
minority group or a subordinate group
What is the term for crimes involving bodily injury, vandalism, and threats towards any person based on race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or disability?
Hate crimes
What is the term for unfavorable action against individuals of a minority group?
Discrimination
What is the term for deliberate attitudes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions consciously?
Explicit biases
What is the term for sharing distinctive racial, national, religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage?
ethnicity.
What is the term for the hatred or fear of homosexuals?
Homophobia
What is the term for the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures and income with respect to environmental laws?
environmental justice
What is the term for a negative attitude toward a certain category of people?
Prejudice
What is the term for a group of people perceived to be biologically different from others?
Race
What is the term for hostility toward Jews just because they are Jewish?
Antisemitism
What is the term for prejudice, stereotyping or discrimination against women?
sexism
What is the term for an oversimplified conception or image of a particular group of people?
Stereotypes
What is the term for the concept that our self-image is determined by our evaluation of people's responses to us?
The looking-glass self
What is the term for the most drastic action against minorities, such as murder in large #s?
Genocide
What is the term for the hatred or fear of Muslims?
Islamophobia.
What is the term for the attitude that one's own culture is superior to others?
Ethnocentrism
What is the term for disparaging expression for a member of an ethnic group?
Ethnic slurs
What is the term for the use of race in suspect profiling or law enforcement practices?
Racial profiling