This term refers to the beliefs and practices that harm members of some races and not others.
What is racism?
100
This wage refers to an amount high enough to maintain a normal standard of living.
What is a living wage?
100
24% of this population are represented in the STEM workforce.
What are women?
100
His recent death marked the passing of the key figure to end Apartheid in South Africa.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
100
Studies show that this group is less likely to land full professorships, less likely to win tenure, and less likely to work at research universities.
What are minority faculty members?
200
This word refers to the fear or hatred of homosexuals and lesbians.
What is homophobia?
200
Lack of affordable housing, poverty, and unemployment are the leading causes for this social issue in the U.S.
What is homelessness?
200
In 2004, studies showed that the best states promoting "gender equality and better outcomes for women" were Vermont, Connecticut, Minnesota, and this state.
What is Washington?
200
2013 marked the year that this U.S. state officially abolished slavery.
What is Alabama?
200
There are no genetic markers that define this social division.
What is race?
300
The combination of learned cultural behavior with a specific ancestry and physical appearance.
What is ethnicity?
300
Poverty rates are highest for households led by this group.
Who are single women?
300
Women working in STEM fields earn on average this fraction of salary more than women in other fields.
What is one-third?
300
This is a strategy of increasing educational and employment opportunities for disadvantaged groups, especially women and members of racial minorities. It is meant to "level the playing field."
What is Affirmative Action?
300
It is the idea that we should live in a society where people are treated equally regardless of their skin color, or the belief that we are now a color-blind society where race no longer shapes life chances.
What is colorblindness?
400
This word is defined as a person that affirms the rights and value of women and analyzes the contemporary and historical conditions of their exclusion and oppression.
What is a feminist?
400
$23,492 is the poverty threshold for a family of this size in 2012.
What is four?
400
Theories why women are underrepresented in this field of study include: uncomfortable with the "male nerd" associations, a boys' club environment, and that men take credit often for women's ideas and work.
What is Computer Science?
400
45 million Americans today do not have this important insurance coverage.
What is health insurance?
400
Scholar Allan G. Johnson highlights "unearned advantage" and "conferred dominance" as two types of this when one group has an advantage over another group.
What is privilege?
500
Prejudice against or in favor of people belonging to a particular social class.
What is classism?
500
They represent 22% of all people living in poverty in the U.S. based on 2010 statistics.
What are children under 18?
500
The Office of the POTUS reports this as an important key to increasing and keeping women engaged in STEM careers.
What is mentoring?
500
This is the total number of states with legalized gay marriage.
What is 17?
500
Affirmative Action has benefitted women and this group the most since its inception.