Week 2 Vocab
Behave according to socially acceptable conventions or standards.
Conform
A set of ideas holding that racial bias is inherent in many parts of western society, especially in its legal and social institutions, on the basis of their having been primarily designed for and implemented by white people.
Critical Race Theory
a person who is present at an event or incident but does not take part
Bystander
a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change
activist
Deprive (someone) of the rights and privileges of a free inhabitant of a borough, city, or county.
Disenfranchise
Strength in the face of pain or grief.
Courage
prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.
oppression
a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
Community
bring people or groups with particular characteristics or needs into equal participation in member of a social group or institution
Integrate
Manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.
Gerrymandering
Develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form
Evolve
the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events
power
bind or compel (someone), especially legally or morally.
Obligated
state local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation
Jim Crow Laws
The name of several historical and currant American white supremacists, far-right terrorist Organizations and hate groups.
KKK
The fact of being who or what a person or thing is.
Identity
a special right, advantage, or immunity granted available only to a particular person or group
privilege
make (something typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely.
perpetuate
legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement
Rights
(a mob) killing, especially by hanging for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial.
Lynching
A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something.
Perspective
Race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society
Racial Group
a person who speaks or acts in support of an individual or cause, particularly someone who intervenes on behalf of a person being attacked or bullied.
Upstander
the action of separating people, historically on the basis of race and/or gender
Segregation
Refuse (a loan or insurance) to someone because they live in an area deemed to be a poor or Financial risk
Redlining