Roots of Racism
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janpaolopatena on December 16, 2008
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Discrimination | treating others as less valuable and therefore unequal because of race, sex, age, or other trait |
| Prejudice | judgments made bout an entire group or people based on limited, untested, often unjust assumptions. |
| Generalizations | to take attributes or behaviors from a small group and apply them to a larger group. |
| Power | those who are in control and benefit from society (money, prestige, etc.) have a desire to maintain the status quo. |
| Ethnocentrism | tendency to rate one's culture as superior as well as to fear and avoid other cultures |
| Xenophobia | fear of strangers, foreigners, or groups culturally different than ones own. |
| Racial prejudice | generalizations, usually negative applied to people solely based on race. |
| Bigotry | obstinate insistence in the correctness of one's own group or set of beliefs. |
| Racism | combination of racial prejudice with the use or abuse of power |
| Institutional racism | institutions are structured so that benefits and resources are systematically distributed to one race, while excluding access to people of other races |
| Oppression | the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. |
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