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23 Cards in this Set
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Stereotype
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Oversimplified ideas about groups of people. A generalization that doesn’t take individuals into account and can be positive or negative.
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Prejudice
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Thoughts and feeling about groups that are stereotyped, prejudgment originating out of actual experience
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Racism
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A type of prejudice that is uses to justify the belief that one racial category is somehow superior to others
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Discrimination
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The actions that give other people benefits over another group
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Overt discrimination
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Discrimination in public, obvious. (Jews not allowed)
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Covert discrimination
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More hidden discrimination, which is not intended. (for example people applying for a job)
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Racial steering
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Real estate agents direct prospective homeowners toward or away from certain neighborhoods based on their race
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Defacto
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In practice
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Dejure
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By law
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Institutional racism
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When a system contains discrimination based on a race.
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Affirmative action
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Positive discrimination, favoring members of a disadvantaged group who suffer from discrimination, by for example setting quotas.
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Disfranchisement
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Taking away the right to vote from a certain group, for example saying you can only vote when your grandpa could
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White privilege
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Society benefits white people in western countries beyond what is commonly experienced by non-white people under the same social, political, or economic circumstances.
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Sovereignty
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Self-governance
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Resolution
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An opinion or decision formally expressed by a group of people
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Covenants
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Binding agreement, promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action
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Ratification
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Approved by parliament
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Declaration
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Written statement showing good intention and showing aspiration, not binding
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Treaty
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Agreement between sovereign states under international law
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Clause
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Point made in resolution
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Opinio juris
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Opinion of law
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Mandate
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The authority given to an elected group of people such as government, to perform an action or govern a country
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Non-proliferation
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Prevention of something increasing or spreading e.g. nuclear power
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