Individual Identity Vocabulary PDF

Individual identity is the unique sense of personhood held by each person in their own right. Culture shared beliefs, values, and practices that participants must learn Cultural Diffusion It is the movement of customs or...

Individual identity is the unique sense of personhood held by each person in their own right. Culture shared beliefs, values, and practices that participants must learn Cultural Diffusion It is the movement of customs or ideas from one place to another. Subculture A smaller cultural group within a larger culture. Society group of people who share a community and a culture. Cultural appropriation the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or society by members of another and typically more dominant people or society. Social identity is a collective sense of belonging to a group, identifying themselves as having something in common with other group members. Cultural identity is a sense of belonging to a distinct ethnic, cultural or subcultural group–includes age, class, nationality, etc. Gender identity refers to one’s sense of being male or female. Race is usually associated with biology and linked with physical differences that a particular society considers significant, such as skin color or hair texture. This is different from ethnicity. Indigenous Peoples is used to refer to, or relating to, the people who originally lived in a place, rather than people who moved there from somewhere else. Minority Group Any group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the others in the society. White Privilege White privilege is the benefits white people receive simply by being part of the dominant group. Ethnicity Shared culture—the practices, values, and beliefs of a group. This culture might include shared language, religion, and traditions, etc. Marginalized To treat someone or something as if they are not important. Subordinate Group Those who lack power. any group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the others in the society. Social Construction Is something that a group of people create and maintain. Social constructions like “men,” “women,” “black,” “white”—are concepts created, changed, and reproduced. Dominant Group A group which holds the most power in a given society, Assimilation Describes the process by which a minority individual or group gives up its own identity by taking on the characteristics of the dominant culture. Othering Othering occurs when a dominant group outcasts another group who they see as inferior. Prejudice Refers to the beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and attitudes someone holds about a group. When we form an opinion about an individual or a group based on a negative stereotype. Racism Is a stronger type of prejudice used to justify the belief that one racial category is somehow superior or inferior to others. Generalization A statement of a tendency rather than a hard-and-fast law. A statement that applies to a group of people or things, based on some examples. Someone looks at the evidence or examples and comes up with a conclusion about what they mean. Discrimination Consists of actions against a group of people. It can be based on age, religion, health, and other indicators; race-based laws against discrimination strive to address this set of social problems. Institutional Racism The way in which racism is embedded in the fabric of society Stereotype Are beliefs about an individual based on the real or imagined characteristics of a group to which that individual belongs. Microaggressions Are the everyday slights, indignities, put-downs and insults that people of color, women, LGBTQ+ populations and other marginalized people experience in their day-to-day interactions. Often outside the level of conscious awareness of the people who say them, which means they can be unintentional. Xenophobia An illogical fear and even hatred of foreigners and foreign goods. Scapegoating When an individual or group attacks someone else for their own problems, which often results in feelings of prejudice toward the person or group that is being blamed. Perpetrator One who commits an offense or crimes could be and often is motivated by a number of reasons—far too many and too complex for us to explore now. Upstander Is someone who recognizes an injustice and makes a choice to act against it. Globalization A term used to describe how trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and interdependent place. Dehumanization Involves redefining the targets of prejudice and violence by making them seem less human than other people. Bystander is someone who witnesses or knows of wrongdoing, particularly the mistreatment of others, but does not speak out or act against it. Multiculturism ethnic diversity within our country Universe of Obligation Phrase to describe the group of individuals within a society “toward whom obligations are owed, to whom rules apply, and whose injuries call for amends.” Resistance Refusing to accept or comply with something perceived as unjust. Hierarchy A system in which people or things are put at various levels or ranks according to their importance or severity. Genocide Biases that can lead to mass murder Cultural Genocide any deliberate act committed with the intention of destroying the language, religion or culture of a... group, such as, for example, prohibiting the use of the group’s language or its schools or places of worship.”