Ethnic Studies Vocabulary/Concepts Review

Systems and structures in organizations that have procedures or processes that disadvantage African Americans

• racial profiling

• marginalized

• systemic racism

• stereotype

who a person is, or the qualities of a person or a group that make them different from others

• heritage

• nationality

• stereotype

• identity

treated as less important or less significant

• race

• marginalized

• class

• culture

True or False? Hispanic relates to Spanish speaking countries, especially those of Latin America.

• True

• False

There are 6 different categories of race used by the U.S. Census when collecting demographic data. Name the MISSING ONE from this list: White, Black or African Americans, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, and Some Other Race.

an ethnic group forming a part of one or more political countries; the status of belonging to a particular country

• stereotype

• heritage

• nationality

• identity

the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense

• marginalized

• racial profiling

• systemic racism

• heritage

a set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong

• stereotype

• identity

• ethnicity

• class

something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition; something that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth; an inherited lot or portion

• identity

• class

• racial profiling

• heritage

each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics; used to categorize people who share biological traits that a society thinks are important

• heritage

• stereotype

• race

• marginalized