R.s Key Vocabulary

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Stereotype

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A fixed idea or image of a group of people

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Prejudice

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Judging a person before you know them, on the basis of a stereotype

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Discrimination

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Treating someone unfairly because of prejudice

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Positive Discrimination

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Treating a minority that is usually discriminated against with special favour

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Racism

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Prejudice or discrimination against someone on the grounds of ethnic origin

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Sexism

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Prejudice or discrimination against someone on the grounds of gender

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Asylum seeker

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Someone seeking safety in another country

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Equality

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The belief that everyone should be treated the same

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Diversity

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The belief that everyone has the right to express their differences

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Scapegoat

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Someone who is blamed for things that may not be their fault

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Segregation

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Keeping different groups of people (e.g. ethnic groups) separate

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Jim Crow Laws

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Laws in the southern states of America that discriminated against black people

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Non-violent direct action

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Using means other than violence to challenge injustice directly (e.g. sit-ins, boycotts)

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Civil disobedience

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Deliberately disobeying the law because it is unjust

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Boycott

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Refusing to buy or use something (e.g. public transport)

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Rosa Parks

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Black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus in 1956.

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Martin Luther King

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Leader of the black Civil Rights Movement in the United States; assassinated in 1968

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Oppresion

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Treating a minority unfairly

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Political Correctness

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The idea that you can change language so that if offends nobody