Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Definitions
Definitions
100

A person who is legally owned by someone else and has to work for that person.

Slave

100

policies, behaviors, rules etc. that result in a continued unfair advantage to some people and unfair or harmful treatment of others based on race

racism

100

observance

an act of following a custom, rule, or law

100

slave

A person who is legally owned by someone else and has to work for that person.

200

the system of owning slaves, or the condition of being a slave

slavery

200

special notice or attention. Ex. Viola Desmond recieved ___________ for her bravery and activism.

recognition

200

activist

someone who tries to cause social or political change

200

racism

policies, behaviors, rules etc. that result in a continued unfair advantage to some people and unfair or harmful treatment of others based on race

300

features belonging to the culture of a particular culture of a society, such as traditions or languages, that were created in the past and still have historical importance. We study Black Canadian ________

heritage

300

treating a person or particular group of people differently, especially in a worse way from the way which you treat other people, because of their race, gender, age.

discrimination

300

enslavement

the act of making a slave of someone

300

discrimination

treating a person or particular group of people differently, especially in a worse way from the way which you treat other people, because of their race, gender, age.

400

the state or fact of being related to a particular person or group of people who lived in the past. To be of (African) ________

descent

400

(the use of) a new idea or method

innovation

400

connotation

a feeling or idea that is suggested or implied by a particular word although it need not be part of the word's meaning

400

acclaimed. Ex. Portia White was an acclaimed vocalist.

attracting public approval and praise

500

the practice of thinking that people of a particular race or color will behave in a particular way, especially that they will commit crimes

Racial profiling

500

a racist term used against a person or group of people

racial slurs

500

abolition

the act of officially ending slavery

500

plantation

an agricultural estate usually worked by resident labor

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