Cultural Celebrations
This Hindu festival of lights celebrates the victory of light over darkness.
What is Diwali?
This term describes the practice of maintaining connections to one's cultural background while adapting to a new culture.
What is biculturalism?
This 1960s movement fought for equal rights and opportunities for African Americans.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This Disney movie celebrated Polynesian culture and featured songs in both English and Tokelauan, showcasing Pacific Islander storytelling traditions.
What is Moana?
This term describes media content that includes people from many different backgrounds, abilities, and identities.
What is diverse or inclusive media?
This Mexican holiday honors deceased family members on November 1st and 2nd.
What is Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?
This concept refers to how individuals see themselves in terms of their cultural, ethnic, or racial background.
What is cultural identity?
This movement led by activists like Harvey Milk celebrated LGBTQ+ pride and fought for equal rights and acceptance.
What is the Gay Rights Movement or LGBTQ+ Rights Movement?
This Pixar film celebrated Mexican culture and traditions surrounding Día de los Muertos while honoring family heritage.
What is Coco?
This Disney movie broke barriers by featuring the first Southeast Asian Disney princess and celebrating Filipino and other cultures of the region.
What is Raya and the Last Dragon?
This West African harvest festival, celebrated from December 26 to January 1, emphasizes seven principles including unity and self-determination.
What is Kwanzaa?
This sociological term describes the advantage that comes from being part of the dominant racial group in society.
What is white privilege?
This legal doctrine, established in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
What is "separate but equal"?
This Netflix series celebrated the experiences of Afro-Latina teenagers and addressed issues of identity, family, and community in a positive light.
What is On My Block?
This platform allows creators from diverse backgrounds to share their stories, cultures, and perspectives with global audiences.
What is YouTube, TikTok, or social media platforms?
This Islamic celebration marks the end of Ramadan with community prayers, feasting, and gift-giving, known as the "Festival of Breaking the Fast."
What is Eid al-Fitr?
This concept describes how multiple aspects of identity (race, gender, class) intersect to create unique experiences of discrimination or privilege.
What is intersectionality?
This Japanese American activist successfully fought to overturn her own World War II internment conviction and later received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Who is Fred Korematsu?
This term describes the practice of casting white actors to play characters of color, often criticized as a form of cultural appropriation.
What is whitewashing?
This type of content creator uses their platform to educate audiences about different cultures, histories, and social issues in engaging ways.
What are educational influencers or cultural educators?
This Indigenous ceremony involves gift-giving and demonstrates wealth through generosity, practiced by Pacific Northwest tribes.
What is a potlatch?
This concept recognizes that people can belong to multiple communities and express different aspects of their identity in various settings.
What is code-switching or cultural flexibility?
This 1960s movement, led by figures like Dolores Huerta and César Chávez, fought for farmworkers' rights and fair labor practices.
What is the United Farm Workers movement?
This test, created by cartoonist Alison Bechdel, measures whether a movie has at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man.
What is the Bechdel Test?
This term describes how diverse media helps all audiences develop understanding and empathy for people from different backgrounds.
What is cultural bridge-building or cross-cultural understanding?