Social Terms Review

What is diversity?

• The ways in which people differ, including characteristics that make one individual or group different from another

• A social system of meaning and custom that is developed by a group of people to assure its adaptation and survival

• one group having the power to carry out systematic discrimination through the institutional policies and practices of the society

What is culture?

• The ways in which people differ, including characteristics that make one individual or group different from another

• A social system of meaning and custom that is developed by a group of people to assure its adaptation and survival

• one group having the power to carry out systematic discrimination through the institutional policies and practices of the society

What is discrimination?

• The unquestioned and unearned set of advantages, entitlements, benefits and choices bestowed on people

• The unequal treatment of members of various groups

• Everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional

What is a microaggression?

• The unquestioned and unearned set of advantages, entitlements, benefits and choices bestowed on people

• The unequal treatment of members of various groups

• Everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional

What is racism?

• The unquestioned and unearned set of advantages, entitlements, benefits and choices bestowed on people

• One group having the power to carry out discrimination through policies and practices of the society

• Everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional

What is a courageous conversation?

• A dialogue series intended to create authentic and civil spaces for discussing social and racial justice

• An argument about who is right and who is wrong when discussing social and racial justice