Glossary
Glossary
25 Diversity and multicultural education terms
This glossary is to educate on definitions used to discuss topics on diversity and multicultural learning
- A political system in which is tailored to vest into the individual based on their talent, effort and achievements
- Ableism
- Discrimination against people with disabilites
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- Ageism
- Discrimination based on someone's age
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- Bias
- The prejudice that is unfair against an individual or group.
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- Culture
- A group or individual's customs and practices to a particular social group or nation.
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- Diversity
- The act of including people from a variety of different ethnic backgrounds, and sexual orientations.
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- Equality
- The state of being equal in terms of status, rights and opportunities
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- Equity
- The quality of being fair
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- Ethnicity
- A group of people who identify based on their traditions and culture
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- Faith
- Complete trust in something or someone.
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- Hidden Curriculum
- Unintended lessons and values learned in society and school
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- Kinship
- An individual's blood relationship to someone else.
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- LGBTQ
- A list of letters put together to represent lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning.
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- Minority
- A group of people whose race and practices is fewer than the individuals they are surrounded by.
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- Prejudice
- An opinion on someone based on them simply being in a group.
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- Progressive
- A group of people pushing a new set of liberal ideas.
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- Racism
- Discrimination toward an individual or group of people based on their racial identity
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- Religion
- The belief in a particular system or faith
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- Social Justice
- Gaining justice for society in terms of distribution of wealth and opportunites
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- Stereotypes
- An overgeneralized belief about a group of people.
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- Tolerance
- The ability and willingness to tolerate something or someone.
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- Values
- The standards to which individuals hold their life to.
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- Viewpoint
- The way an individual comprehends something from their point of view
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- Violence
- Behavior intended to physically hurt an indvidual
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- Xenophobia
- Dislike of individuals from other countries
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