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Race
A socially defined category based on real or perceived biological differences between groups of people. TERM 2
Ethnicity
DEFINITION 2 A socially defined category based on common language, religion, nationality, nationality, history, or another cultural factor. TERM 3
Symbolic Ethnicity
DEFINITION 3 An ethnic identity that is only relevant on specific occasions and does not significantly impact everyday life. TERM 4
Situational Ethnicity
DEFINITION 4 An ethnic identity that can be either displayed or concealed depending on its usefulness in a given situation. TERM 5
Minority Group
DEFINITION 5 Social group that is systematically denied the same access to power and resources available to society's dominant groups though they are not necessarily fewer in number than the dominant groups.
Racism
A set of beliefs about the superiority of one racial or ethnic group; used to justify inequality and often rooted in the assumption that differences between groups are genetic. TERM 7
Prejudice
DEFINITION 7 An idea about the characteristics of a group that is applied to all members of that group and is unlikely to change regardless of the evidence against it. TERM 8
Discrimination
DEFINITION 8 Unequal treatment of individuals based on their membership in a social group; usually motivated by prejudice. TERM 9
Individual
Discrimination
DEFINITION 9 Discrimination carried out by one person against another. TERM 10
Institutional
Discrimination
DEFINITION 10 Discrimination carried out systematically by institutions (political, economic, educational, and others) that affect all members of a group who come into contact with it.
Racial Assimilation
The process by which racial minority groups are absorbed into the dominant group through intermarriage. TERM 17
Cultural Assimilation
DEFINITION 17 The process by which racial or ethnic groups are absorbed into the dominant group by adopting the dominant group's culture. TERM 18
Pluralism
DEFINITION 18 A cultural pattern of inter-group relations that encourages racial and ethnic variation and acceptance within a society. TERM 19
Miscegenation
DEFINITION 19 Romantic, sexual, or marital relationships between people of different races. TERM 20
Passing
DEFINITION 20 Presenting yourself as a member of a different racial or ethnic group than the one you were born into.
Affirmative Action
Programs or policies that seek to rectify the effects of past discrimination by increasing representation and ensuring equal opportunity for any previously disadvantaged group. TERM 22
Double-Consciousness
DEFINITION 22 W.E.B. DuBois's term for the divided identity experienced by blacks in America. TERM 23
Embodied Identity
DEFINITION 23 Elements of identity that are generated through others' perceptions of our physical traits.
