Ageism
aged-based discrimination, typically toward the elderly.
Affirmative Action
policies that are put into place in an effort to remedy past acts of discrimination by ensuring equal opportunities in areas such as education and employment typically for different minority groups.
Anti-Semitism
prejudice toward Jewish people
Assimilation
the process whereby a group (such as an immigrant group) gradually adopts the characteristics or another culture.
Ancestor
a person from whom one is a descended. Can be direct or remote.
Baby-Boomer
people born after WWII between 1946-1964.
Bigot
someone who is intolerant - typically in religion, race, ethnicity, or politics.
Controversy
a dispute - typically a public dispute between two opposing views.
Civil Rights
individual personal freedoms granted by virtue of their citizenship status or by simply being a member of a society.
Culture
beliefs and ways people adapt to their environment, which are passed down between generations.
Descendant
- someone "coming from" an ancestor. Proceeding an ancestor.
Discrimination
an action/behavior that excludes all members of a group from certain activities, rights, opportunities or privileges.
Diversity
the fact of being different, varied or unique from others.
Deport
to expel a person from a country.
Ethnic
a group of people who share a common culture, religion, race or nationality.
Ethnocentrism
the belief that one's own culture or way of life is superior to all others.
Ethnic Cleansing
a systematic elimination of people based upon their ethnicity.
Gender
sexual category: male/female groups.
Gender Equity
the belief that males/females are equal.
Feminism
a belief that the sexes are equal in all categories including social, political, and economic elements. A political movement originated around this belief.
Minority Group
a minority status that can be based on numerical determination OR by being a subordinate group whose members have significantly less control/power over their lives than members of the majority group. Minorities often experience less socio-economic opportu
Migration
to move from one country/region and settle in another.
Immigration
to enter into and settle into a foreign country.
Prejudice
a negative attitude toward a category of people.
Predilection
a disposition in favor or something. A bias or preference toward something or someone.
Racism
the belief that a certain race is superior to others.
Segregate
to separate one group of people from another.
Sexism
gender-based discrimination.
Scapegoat
someone who is blamed for others.
Stereotype
a general image that people hold about a group. Stereotypes are often negative.
Tacit-Sympathy
sympathy implied thru actions...not spoken words.
Tolerance
the capacity/ability to respect the beliefs or practices of others.
Xenophobia
fear of foreigners.