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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Antisemitism | Hostility towards Jews as an ethinic or religious group, social economic and political discrimination. |
| Civil Rights | Personal andd property rights guaranteed by the constitution and by law. |
| The Civil Rights Movement | The post World War II. Struggle to end legal segregation and racial discrimination. led by African Americans. |
| Discrimination | Action based on prejudice or racist beliefs that results in unfair treatment of individuals or groups |
| Genocide | The deliberate and systematic attempted annihilation of a rathional group of people. |
| Ghetto | Originally, a section of a European city in which all Jews were to live. Today, a section of a city where single minority group to which the group is restricted socially or economically. |
| Hate Crime | A crime of violence, property damage or threat that is motivated by an offender's bias. |
| The Holocaust | took place in Europe between 1932 and 1945 Six million Jews were murdered. Millions of non-Jews, including Oma and Sintic Gypsies, Serbs, political, dicsidents, people with disabilities, homosexual were also persecuted by the Nazis. |
| Prejudice | A preconceived attitude. Formed without adequate knowledge. |
| Propaganda | The deliberate spreading of ideas of information, true or untrue; with the purpose of manipulating public opinion. |
| Racism | Beliefs based on perceived 'racial' superiority and inferiority. A system of domination that is plaued out in everyday interactions. |
| Scapegoat | individual or group unfairly blamed for problems not of their making |
| Stereotype | A simplistic belief about individual characteristics generalized to all people. |
| Telorance | Opinions and practices differ from one's own. The commitment to respect. |
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