Define
-ism
Commonalities
Hidden Messages
Identity
100

brief and commonplace verbal, behavioral, and environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative slights and insults that potentially have harmful or unpleasant psychological impact on the target person or group.”

What is a Microaggression?

100

prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person's age.

What is ageism? 

100

Cher, Lizzo, Mick Jagger

What are singers? 

100

"Where were you born?"

What is you really don't belong? What is American's look like me? 

100

the personal sense of one's own gender

What is gender identity? 

200

your sense of who you are based on your membership in certain groups

What is social identity?

200

the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another.

What is racism?

200

Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Celia Cruz

Who are Latina singers? 

200

"Hi what a great dog" you stoop down to pet the person's dog without asking permission and then ask "what is his name?" 

What is you don't matter, you are invisible, I don't have to respect your boundaries? 

200

 supremacist or separatist ideologies, often focusing on the alleged inferiority of nonwhite persons.

What is White nationalism? 

300

be anything that has been historically used to differentiate groups, such as ethnicity, gender, religious beliefs or socio-economic status.

What are dimensions of diversity?

300

the assumption that foreign cultures are superior to one's own culture, therefore valuing the goods, styles, ideas, and traditions, among other aspects of foreign cultures, more than that of their own culture.

What is xenocentrism? 

300

FLOTUS Michell Obama, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Kamala Harris

Who are women of African descent who are involved in politics, served in Washington D.C, who are lawyers...?

300

"How did you get promoted? Affirmative Action I am guessing.  There are people who are been here much longer than you"

What is you don't really belong; You did not get here on you merit; you are not as deserving; you are not part of our work culture, you didn't earn your stripes? 

300

age, race, gender, ability, religion, class, immigration status, and sexual orientation.

What is social or cultural identity? 

400

coined in 1963 by sociologist Erving Goffman.  It is a term used to describe how individuals with known stigmatized identities make an effort to keep the stigma from being prevalent in their interactions.

What is covering? 

400

the belief that one's own culture or nation is superior to all others

What is ethnocentrism? 

400

Zendaya, Rashida Jones, Vin Disel

Who are American celebrities that identify as bi or multi- racial?

400

"You are pretty for a dark skin girl" 

What is having dark skin makes you ugly, you are not expected to be pretty because of your skin color, despite your blackness you are pretty?

400

a term that refers broadly to how individuals define themselves with respect to an externally imposed social construct that is fluid and often internalized to assign some groups to perpetual low status, while others were permitted access to privilege, power, and wealth. 

What is racial identity? 

500

a phenomenon of self-doubt of intellect, skills, or accomplishments among high-achieving individuals

What is imposter syndrome? 

500

the societal degradation through negative attitudes or beliefs directed towards a person based on his or her weigh

What is weightism? 

500

Jason Momoa, Dwayne Johnson, Keanu Reeves

Who are actors of Asian Pacific Islander descent, males, played in action movies, 

500

"I am colorblind, I don't see color, I just see humans"

What is I don't want to see your reality, I don't want to see all of who you are and what may make up a part of your diverse dimensions, I don't see you? 

500

constitute approximately 85 percent of the global population.

What is the Global Majority Population? 

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