Diversity/Multicultural Glossary
Diversity/Multicultural Glossary
25 Diversity Learning Contexts terms
My class was required to make a glossary using diverse terms but in our own words.
- Ableism
- Discrimination of people with disabilities.
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- Ageism
- Discrimination on basis of age.
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- Apartheid
- Segregation of people on grounds other than race.
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- Colorblindness
- the belief that race should not be taken into account in treating people the same way.
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- Cultural Competence
- Willing and able to move across different cultures in an effective way allowing differences and accepting them.
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- Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- Education act for people with disabilities to receive proper teaching for their needs.
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- Emigrant
- leaves one place to settle in another.
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- Genderqueer
- Does not identify with conventional gender associations.
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- Heterogeneous
- Different from one another.
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- Hidden Curriculum
- language and action that is reinforced to push cultural norms in teaching and learning.
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- Inclusion
- Being included in various groups or a structure in society.
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- Indigenous
- Native to a place
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- Looking Glass Self
- Identity is dependent on how others see oneself.
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- Microagressions
- verbal, behavioral, and environmental slights towards certain people groups.
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- Racism
- predjudice against a certain people group or person for the color of their skin or ethnicity.
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- Sex
- two main categories that most living things are divided into by reproductive systems.
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- Social Justice
- Things concerning wealth and opportunity are equal within society.
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- Social Reproduction Theory
- Within psychology, education, philosophy, and the economy racial oppression occurs.
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- Socialization
- Learning how to act in a society that is acceptable.
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- Stereotypes
- a wide view of certain types of people or things.
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- Transgender
- Gender expression that is different from conventionally assigned at birth.
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- Values
- A belief system used to define what actions will typically come out from a person.
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- Viewpoint
- A way of seeing something from the view of a particular person or way.
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- Violence
- Physical force intended to hurt or kill another.
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- Xenophobia
- dislike of people from other countries.
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