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Vocabulary
100
The way Adolf Hitler was able to blame the Jewish population for Germany’s social and economic problems.
What is scapegoat theory?
100
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
What is Genocide?
200
Vivien Thomas (1910–1985), the black surgical technician who helped develop the groundbreaking surgical technique that saves the lives of “blue babies” was classified as a janitor for many years, and paid as such, despite the fact that he was conducting complicated surgical experiments.
What is conflict theory?
200
It's a term referring to another part of the adaptation process initially proposed by Jean Piaget.
What is assimilation?
300
Black Africans being kidnapped from their own lands and shipped to the New World on the trans-Atlantic journey known as the Middle Passage.
Who are African Americans?
300
An act based off prejudice
What is Discrimination?
400
Black people were used earlier in American history to characterize Irish and Eastern European immigrants.
What is stereotype?
400
Shared culture, which may include heritage, language, religion, and more.
What is Ethnicity?
500
Individual whose beliefs about a particular group are based on images conveyed in popular media, and those are unquestionably believed because the individual has never personally met a member of that group.
What is interactionism?
500
The ideal of the United States as a “salad bowl:” a mixture of different cultures where each culture retains its own identity and yet adds to the “flavor” of the whole
What is pluralism?
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