Race & Discrimination Vocabulary

A 1954 court case that made segregation illegal in U.S. schools

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Franklin v. Board of Education

• Topeka v. Board of Education

• Brown v. California

prejudice or discrimination, based on race, directed against people with less social power by people with more social power in a society.

• Racism

• Boycott

• slavery

• Privilege

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

identity

• the act of getting rid of something; a person taking action to eliminate slavery

• the act of keeping different groups separate from each other

• how you view yourself; the qualities that make you different from others

• A 1954 court case that made segregation illegal in U.S. schools

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

abolition/abolitionist

• relating to or involving a large organization, such as a government, corporation, university, or hospital

• the act of getting rid of something; a person taking action to eliminate slavery

• prejudice or discrimination, based on race, directed against people with less social power by people with more social power in a society.

• how you view yourself; the qualities that make you different from others

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

a generalization about a person or group without regard for individual differences; the false idea that all members of a group are the same and think and behave in the same way

• Ancestry

• stereotype

• Privilege

• slavery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

the act of bringing together separate people or things

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Racism

• stereotype

• integration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

the act of keeping different groups separate from each other

• Privilege

• Segregation

• stereotype

• Racism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

relating to or involving a large organization, such as a government, corporation, university, or hospital

• institutional

• stereotype

• slavery

• identity

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

people who were opposed to slavery began a movement to abolish, or end, the practice.

• Abolitionist

• Segregation

• Prejudice

• identity

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Ancestry

• a person from whom one is descended and who lived several generations ago

• people who were opposed to slavery began a movement to abolish, or end, the practice.

• The practice of people owning other people.

• The preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C