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Acculturation
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culture gains or reforms its cultural elements after interaction with another
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cultural sharing
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Assimilation
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one set of cultural elements is vanquished while another is acquired
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Americanization
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to make or become American in character
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Border
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dividing line
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Bourgeois
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management social class
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Capitalism
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econ system where means of production is owned privately
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Citizen
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member of the community
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Class
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number of people grouped together by a certain trait
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Classless society
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myth that America has no social or econ class
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Classism
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assigning of class and stigmas due to wealth
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Commercialization
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something becomes a part of a business or commerce
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Consumerism
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inclination to accumulate material possessions
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Context
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anything that defines a culture
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Culture
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group that shares ideas, attitudes, beliefs, practices, etc.
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Cultural Power
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benefits, advantages granted by culture
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Discrimination
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lesser treatment of a group that put that group at a disadvantage
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Diversity
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having variety
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Dominant
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ruling or prevailing
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Economic
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satisfaction of ruling group
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Edenic Space
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myth that America was "virgin space", uninhabited
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Elite
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group that is regarded as most powerful
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Ethnicity
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cultural identity characterized by common roots, shared values, ideas, food, etc
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Ethnocentrism
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view that one's ethnic group is better than other cultures
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Equality
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having equal rights, being equal
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Globalism
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cultural change on a global level
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Hegemony
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imposed power on a culture
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History
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constructed narrative that is based on general accounts of a single event
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Immigration
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come or pass into a territory of residence
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Individual Power
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defined by strength, economic security, pro status
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Industrialization
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social and economic structure characterized by industry or machine production
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Interdisciplinary
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approach to studying culture that exists outside of the confines of traditional disciplines, relies on multiple disciplines
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Internalize
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accepting assigned charcteristics and beliefs as one's own thinking
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Ideology
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body of ideas that defend the staus quo and promote values and interests of dominant group
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Institution
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organization having laws, patterns, cultural language, viewpoints, etc.
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Jim Crow
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racially discriminatory laws
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Manifest Destiny
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thought that Americans should and could expand across the continent and displace people
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Marginalize
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confining less powerful people to edges of society
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Materialism
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tendency to value material items over spiritual or familt values
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Media
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transmitters of communication
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Melting Pot Myth
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myth that cultures influence each other to create a unique American culture where one culture is dominant
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Meritocracy
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myth that we can achieve success by hard work alone
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Middle-Class
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comfortable lifestyle; "white collar"; average americans
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Multiculturalism
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recognizing, understanding, and appreciating other cultures
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Myth
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stories told to explain complexities and banish contradiction, told to make life simpler and more comfortable
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Nation
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stable community of people defined by borders with a defined history and language
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national wealth
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all country's cash, assets, property, etc.
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Nature
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essential quality of a thing
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Net Worth
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value of assets
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Oppress
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to keep down by unjust use of force
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Poverty Line
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defining line where poverty is defined for gov't distribution for federal aid
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Power
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strength, influence, access to authority
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Prejudice
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belief that members of a certain group are inferior
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Privilage
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special rights granted to an individual or group of people
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Race
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group of people distinguished by genetic physical features
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Racism
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belief that a particular race is superior to another
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Resistance
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negative responses and opposition to views, plans, actions, etc of others
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Self made man
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success depends on the hard work on the individual
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Slave
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one bound in servitude to a person or family/ household
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Socialize
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convert/adapt to social needs
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Social construction
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characteristics and patterns of behavior that we assume to be "natural"
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Status Quo
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"normalcy"
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Stereotype
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overgeneralization applied to individual with regard percieved by differences
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Subculture
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id's a group as practicing the inclusive culture and different from the dominant culture
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System
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assembly of things forming a unitary whole
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Text
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artifacts produced by culture
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Theory
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formulation of underlying principles of certain observed phenomena
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Violence
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use of force to control another person or compel someone to do something
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Worldview
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experiencing the world specific to one's cultural views
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Working Class
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relatively comfortable lifestyle, "average Joe"; "Blue collar"
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Working Poor
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working at minimum wage, unskilled workers
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