Just Mercy Journal Vocabulary

An Attitude or bias toward a person or group of people based on incomplete or faulty knowledge

• Racism

• Prejudice

• Bias

• Resilience

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

The unfair treatment of people based on prejudice, often related to race, age, or gender

• Discrimination

• Implicit Bias

• Assumption

• Stereotype

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

An oversimplified idea, usually unfavorable, about a particular person or group

• Prejudice

• Racism

• Resilience

• Stereotype

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

A personal judgment, based on stereotypes and prejudice, that can affect decisions and actions

• Discrimination

• Bias

• Stereotype

• Racism

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

Bias stemming from prejudices of which the biased person is unaware

• Resilience

• Assumption

• Implicit Bias

• Prejudice

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

A thing that is accepted as true without any proof

• Bias

• Discrimination

• Racism

• Assumption

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

The ability to recover quickly from hardships; strength in the face of adversity

• Resilience

• Assumption

• Stereotype

• Discrimination

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Prejudice, discrimination, or bias directed against a person or group based on racial or ethnic group to which they belong; it is often supported by institutional power on behalf of the dominant racial or ethnic group

• Bias

• Racism

• Stereotype

• Prejudice

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6