Race and Ethnicity Vocabulary

​"a group whose members share distinct physical or cultural characteristics; are denied access to power and resources available to other groups; and are accorded fewer rights, privileges, and opportunities."

• race

• ethnicity

• minority group

• dominant group

​"a group of people who are believed to be a biological group sharing genetically transmitted traits that are defined as important"

• race

• ethnicity

• minority group

• dominant group

"a people who share a common historical and cultural heritage and sense of group identity and belongingness"

cultural - language, national origin, religion

• race

• ethnicity

• minority group

• dominant group

"an irrational attitude toward certain people based solely on their membership in a particular group"​

• bias

• prejudice

• discrimination

• racism

"particularly unequal treatment of people because they are members of a particular group"​ , behavior

• bias

• prejudice

• discrimination

• racism

​"another kind of prejudice, in which someone believes one type of skin tone is superior or inferior to another within a racial group"

• racism

• colorism

• prejudice

• discrimination

"oversimplified generalizations about groups of people"

• prejudice

• stereotypes

• colorism

• discrimination

​"the view that certain racial or ethnic group are biologically inferior and that practices involving their domination and exploitation are therefore justified"​

• prejudice

• stereotypes

• discrimination

• racism

"the way in which racism is embedded in the fabric of society"

• systemic racism

• racial profiling

• discrimination

• bias

"the use by law enforcement of race alone to determine whether to stop and detain someone"

• racial bias

• racial profiling

• prejudice

• discrimination