Vocabulary Definitions
Term Connections
Historical Events
Who was Affected?
System Check
100

This term means unjust or cruel exercise of power over a group.

What is oppression?

100

Connect “Privilege” and “Systemic.”

Privilege is often maintained by systemic structures like unequal education funding.

100

This 1954 case declared that school segregation was unconstitutional.

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

100

Who was affected by the “Stand Your Ground” law in the case of Trayvon Martin?

Trayvon Martin, his family, and Black communities across the U.S.

100

What system maintained racial segregation in U.S. schools before 1954?

What is Systemic racism in the education system?

200

A set of unearned advantages based on social identity.

What is privilege?

200

Connect “Assimilate” and “Dominant Culture.”

Indigenous children were forced to assimilate into the dominant white culture in Indian Boarding Schools.

200

These institutions were used to assimilate Indigenous children by erasing their culture.

What are Indian Boarding Schools?

200

Who was targeted by the UK’s Immigration Act of 1971?

Immigrants from former British colonies, especially Caribbean people.

200

What system enabled colonizers to rule over Indigenous people?

What are Colonial imperial systems?

300

This subtle act or comment can unintentionally express bias.

What is a microaggression?

300

Connect “Colonizer” and “Oppression.”

Colonizers oppressed native populations by taking land and enforcing their culture and laws.

300

He was the first person in the colonies sentenced to life-long slavery.

Who is John Punch?

300

Who were the Stolen Generations?

Indigenous children in Australia taken from their families.

300

What system targeted Black Caribbean immigrants in the UK post-1971?

What are Immigration and racial policy systems?

400

This concept explains how race, gender, and class can overlap to shape unique experiences.

What is intersectionality?

400

Connect “Social Construct” and “Race.”

Race is a social construct created to justify systems like chattel slavery.

400

This 1999 report exposed institutional racism in the UK police.

What is the Macpherson Report?

400

Who experienced ancestral trauma due to colonization and slavery?

Descendants of enslaved and colonized peoples.

400

What system allowed police to mishandle Stephen Lawrence’s case?

What is Institutional/systemic racism in law enforcement?

500

This type of racism happens when people believe negative stereotypes about their own group.

What is internalized racism?

500

Connect “Agency” and “Haitian Independence.”

The Haitian Revolution showed enslaved people exercising agency to fight for freedom

500

This revolt ended in the creation of the first independent Black nation.

What is Haitian Independence (1804)?

500

Who were imprisoned without evidence during WWII due to prejudice?

Who are Japanese Americans.

500

What system caused intergenerational harm in communities of color?

What is Ancestral trauma caused by systemic oppression like slavery and colonization?

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