Assignment

25 Diversity/Multicultural Education terms

Terms I'll need for class

Bias
When someone feels a certain way about something because it has a benefit for them
Class
An economic term identifying where someone lands on the economic and social pyramid
Colorblindness
In a racial aspect; it's when someone does not see someone for the color of their skin but for who they are.
Culture
Where someone comes from and the things that they do based on where they come from
Disability
When someone has a struggle that most people do not normally have
Diversity
When a grouping of something has a bunch of different objects or types to make the group different from the others in the group.
Equality
When everyone and everything is treated the same exact way
Ethnicity
Someone's skin color or race
Gender Identity
What sex someone identifies as even if it is different then there biological sex
Inclusion
When everyone is accepted into the group or activity occurring
LGBTQ
stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer individuals. This is a group of these individuals fighting for their equal rights around the world.
Microaggressions
When an individual does or says something that may not appear to harm someone but actually has hurtful intent behind it
Minority
An individual who is of a smaller grouping of people then most of the other people in the overall group
People of color
Anyone who does not have white skin
Privilege
When an individual is better off because of where they are from, who they are, or what they have
Race
An individuals ethnicity
Racism
When someone of a certain race has some form of hatred towards another person because of the color of their skin
Religion
Different organizations that individuals follow that have some sort of faith or belief behind it that is practiced throughout daily life.
Sex
What anatomically someone's gender is
Sexual Orientation
What someone displays their gender identity as
Social Justice
The actions taken by a society to ensure that everyone receives the same consequences for their actions; everything is fair.
Stereotypes
Things that are usually false that mass amounts of people believe about another type of grouping of individuals
System of Oppression
When an organization or group specifically does things to hurt or not include certain individuals
Values
What someone has been raised to believe and practice in their daily life
View Point
The certain way that an individual sees something that can be different than the way others see it