Ethnicity
This is defined as a group's cultural identity, including language, religion, and traditions.
What is Ethnicity?
This theory suggests that societies are the result of blending different ethnic groups into a new, unified culture.
What is amalgamation?
This belief holds that certain races are inherently superior to others, influencing societal hierarchies.
What is racism?
This racial group in the U.S. makes up approximately 15% of the population and includes those from Cuban, Mexican, and Puerto Rican origins.
Who are Hispanics?
This ethnic conflict involved the systematic killing of over 800,000 Tutsi people in the 1994 genocide.
What is the Rwandan Genocide?
This is defined by perceived shared genetic ancestry, though it's considered a social construct.
What is race?
This process involves adopting the cultural traits of another group, like celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in the U.S.
What is acculturation?
This type of discrimination is embedded within organizational policies and practices.
What is institutional discrimination?
This term replaced "Negro" in the U.S. as the preferred racial identifier for people with African ancestry.
What is African American?
The forced removal of a less powerful ethnic group to create a homogeneous region is called this.
What is ethnic cleansing?
Ethnicity is considered this type of behavior, much like culture.
What is learned behavior?
This is the process by which minority groups lose their distinct cultural traits to blend into the dominant culture.
What is assimilation?
The practice of denying minority groups access to certain neighborhoods through property laws is called this.
What is housing discrimination?
This group includes people of Asian descent born in the U.S.
Who are Asian Americans?
This term refers to the mass killing of a group in an attempt to eliminate them from existence.
What is genocide?
A group of people who preserve cultural traditions from a particular place share this.
What is ethnic identity?
An example of this process is when non-English-speaking immigrants in the U.S. begin speaking only English.
What is assimilation?
This form of discrimination was entrenched in U.S. law with policies like the 3/5 Compromise.
What is racial discrimination?
This racial identifier refers to the indigenous people of the U.S. and Alaska.
What is Native American or American Indian?
This type of fear or hatred is directed at people from different races or religions, often irrational and based on stereotypes.
What is xenophobia?
This ethnic group in Europe seeks independence from Spain and France, maintaining a distinct language and culture.
Who are the Basque people?
This term describes the fusion of multiple ethnicities within a nation, often compared to a “melting pot.”
What is amalgamation?
The term used to describe the placement of landfills or polluting industries in minority communities.
What is environmental injustice?
This group refers to descendants of the early English settlers, who became the dominant cultural group in the U.S.
Who are the Charter Group?
This example of ethnic conflict took place in the former Yugoslavia, where ethnic cleansing was used to drive out certain groups.