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22 Cards in this Set
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a category of people who share inherited physical characteristics and whom others see as being a distinct group
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race
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the set of cultural characteristics that distinguishes one group from another
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ethnicity
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people who share common cultural backgrounds and a common sense of identity
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ethnic group
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a group of people who- because of their physical characteristics or cultural practises- are singled out and unequilty treated
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minority group
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denial of equal treatment to individuals based on their group membership
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discrimintaion
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unsupported generalization about a category of people
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prejudice
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discrimination that is upheld by law
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legal discrimination
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discrimination that is an outgrowth of the structure of society
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institutional discrimination
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oversimplifing, exaggerated, or unfavorable generalization about a category of people
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stereotype
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prediction that results in behavior that makes the prediction come true
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self-fulfilling prophecy
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the belief that one's own race or ethnic group in naturally superior to another
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racism
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the practise of placing the blame for one's tropbles on an innocent individual of group
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scapegoating
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policy that allows each group within society to keep its unique cultural identity
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cultural pluralism
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the blanding of culturally distinct groups into a single group with a common culture and identity
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assimilation
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physical seperation of a minority group from the dominant group
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segregation
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segregation based on laws
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de jure segregation
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segregation based on informal norms
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de facto segregation
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the maintaining of control over a group through force
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subjugation
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the ownership of one person by another
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slavery
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extermination aimed at intentionally destroying an entire targeted population
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genocide
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the process of removing a group from a particular area through terror, expulsion, and mass murder
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ethnic cleansing
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collective reference to immigrants from the predominantly catholic countries of Ireland, Italy, France, Poland, and Greece
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white ethnics
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