Social Concepts
This term describes when certain groups in society are pushed to the edges and given fewer opportunities.
What is marginalization?
This identity marker is shaped by traditions, customs, language, and beliefs.
What is cultural identity?
This type of movement seeks to create change in society, like the Civil Rights Movement.
What is a social movement?
These factors are reasons people are drawn to another country, such as better job prospects.
What are pull factors?
This term refers to unfair favoring of or discrimination against a group based on personal beliefs.
What is bias?
In a social context, this refers to advantages some people have that they didn’t earn, based on their identity.
What is privilege?
This field examines the history and contributions of marginalized racial and ethnic groups.
What is Ethnic Studies?
This movement in the 1960s pushed for Ethnic Studies programs in universities to include diverse cultural perspectives.
What is the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF)?
These factors force people to leave their home country, like war or political persecution
What are push factors?
This concept involves a person’s right to live free of domination and decide their political path.
What is self-determination?
A person’s feeling of belonging to a cultural group is called this.
What is cultural identity?
In the context of social justice, this term describes the unity and agreement among people with shared goals.
What is solidarity?
This method of learning about history involves listening to stories told by people who experienced events firsthand.
What is oral history?
Moving to a new country for family reunification is an example of this kind of migration factor.
What is a pull factor?
When people stand together to support a common cause, they are showing this.
What is solidarity?
This term refers to the unfair treatment of people in certain areas, especially in housing and loans.
What is redlining?
Fairness in how history is taught and recorded, ensuring different perspectives are included, is called this.
What is historical equity?
This concept relates to a group's right to choose its own political status and determine its future.
What is self-determination?
This term describes people fleeing their home country due to violence or persecution.
What is a refugee?
Prejudice against someone based on incomplete or inaccurate information is called this.
What is a preconception?
When someone forms an opinion without having all the facts, this is called a ______.
What is a preconception?
This identity aspect often defines how society perceives you, like race or gender, and influences your experiences.
What is social identity?
This discriminatory practice shaped racial segregation in American housing for decades.
What is redlining?
A country's economic stability might serve as this type of migration motivator, attracting people to move there.
What is a pull factor?
This term describes when society organizes people into groups with unequal access to power or resources.
What is marginalization?