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100

_____ is about variety or the ways in which people or things are different

Diversity

100

This occurs when prejudice drives negative action targeted at a particular group.

Discrimination

100

____ is the sharing and learning across cultures that promotes understanding, equality, harmony, and justice in a diverse society.

Interculturalism

100

A widely held but fixed or oversimplified image of an idea about a particular group or person

Stereotype

100

A natural part of our own upbringing, values, identity, customs, and socialization. Educators must recognize them within themselves.

Biases

200

Socially transmitted ways of thinking, believing, feeling, and acting with a group which are taught to younger generations.

Culture

200

Membership based on one's national origin or the national origin of one's ancestors.

Ethnicity

200

"All children have a right to _____ _____ _____ that enable them to achieve their full potential as engaged learners and valued members of society"

Equitable learning opportunities

200

A statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination.

Microaggression

200

Having prejudgments about an individual from a particular cultural group that are not based on actual knowledge of the individual.

Prejudice

300

Multiple perspectives, cultures, or diverse people living within a shared social context yet retaining their uniqueness, identities, and diversity.

Pluralism

300

Recognizing specific behavioral differences between cultures and using a communication style that is appropriate for that audience

Cross-cultural communication

300

According to NAEYC, educators must involve children, _____, and the ____ in the design and implementation of learning activities.

Families and community

300

This means that all individuals must have access to schools, facilities, and services regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or ability.

Equality

300

Our concept of who we are, what we believe, and how we behave.

Identity

400

____ is an oppressive and especially discriminatory attitude or belief. It can be covert or overt.

Ism

400

Fairness in education or societal settings that focuses on recognizing differences and disparities and structuring environments and services to meet diverse individual needs.

Equity

400

These are the four core coals for understanding anti-bias education.

Identity, diversity, justice, and activism

400

Knowledge about cultures (facts and cultural traits), awareness (of yourself and others), specific skills (behaviors)

Cultural intelligence

400

Beliefs and behaviors that lead to a view that one cultural group is better than every other cultural group.

Ethnocentrism

500

Equitable sharing of power and resources among all cultural groups without dominance, privilege, and superiority by one group

Cultural pluralism

500

When a society does not pressure individuals to give up personal cultural identity in order to obtain membership in a dominant culture.

Acculturation

500

_____ is a sociopolitical concept in a democracy that relates to the equitable distribution of advantages, resources, and power.

Social justice

500

An educational strategy in which students' cultures are used to develop effective classroom instruction and school environments.

Multi-cultural education

500

This occurs when prejudice and discrimination are encoded as institutionalized norms and used by a powerful group to dominate another.

Oppression

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