Vocab 12/11 ELA 8

The act of separating people based on their race or ethnicity.

• Segregation

• Discrimination

• Stereotype

• Morality

Unfair or biased opinions or attitudes towards a particular group of people.

• Racism

• Exoneration

• Prejudice

• Morality

Treating someone unfairly or differently based on their race, gender, or other characteristics.

• Integrity

• Discrimination

• Justice

• Tolerance

Saying that, "All foreigners can't eat spicy food," or "All Asians are good at math," are examples of ______________.

• racism

• stereotypes

• morality

• tolerance

Someone copies off your test paper and you didn't know about it. The teacher give you and the other person a 0. This is unfair and an example of _____________.

• injustice

• exoneration

• racism

• prejudice

Belief in the superiority of one race over others, leading to discrimination and prejudice.

• justice

• empathy

• injustice

• racism

Understanding what someone else is feeling and comforting them is a great example of ____________.

• injustice

• empathy

• tolerance

• segregation

Returning someone's phone and money to them instead of keeping it is an example of ____________.

• integrity

• justice

• tolerance

• segregation

New DNA evidence proves that someone in jail is innocent of the crime. The word to best describe this situation is ___________________.

• prejudice

• exoneration (exonerate)

• tolerance

• justice

Catching a criminal and bringing him to court for sentencing is an example of

• injustice

• empathy

• exoneration

• justice