Latin American Terms and Definitions

Equality

• People are treated the same;everyone gets the same support regardless of their circumstances.

• People are treated fairly:everyone gets the support that they need based on their circumstances.

• Removal of systemic barriers that result in inequity; the belief everyone deserves equal rights and equitable opportunities.

Equity

• Removal of systemic barriers that result in inequity;the belief everyone deserves equal rights and equitable opportunities.

• The degree of power that people have to shape their own life experiences and to creat change.

• People are treated fairly:everyone gets the support that they need based on their circumstances.

Justice/Social Justice

• The degree of power that people have to shape their own life experiences and to create change.

• Being in favor of one thing, person/group over another;unfair judgement.

• Removal of systemic barriers that result in inequity;the belief everyone deserves equal rights and equitable opportunities.

Agency

• Process our brain uses to simplify; sort the information through categorization.

• The degree of power that people have to shape their own life experiences and to create change.

• Positive/Negative judgements about a person/group that one is unaware of but still affects ones opinions or actions.

Bias

• Positive or negative judgements about a person or group that one is unaware of but still affects one's opinion or actions.

• Tendacy to seek and accept information that supports ones existing beliefs.

• Being in favor of one thing;person or group over another;unfair judgement.

Cognitive Bias

• Process our brain uses to simplify; sort the information through categorization.

• Tendency to avoid;reject information that contradicts one's existing beliefs;especially those that one is emotionally attached to.

• Tendency to seek and accept information that supports one's existing beliefs.

Implicit Bias

• When a dominate group knowingly/unknowingly holds down a subordinate group.

• Behaviors that go against power structures,traditional roles and social norms.

• Postive/negative judgements about a person/group that one is unaware of but still affects one's opinions or actions.

Explicit Bias

• Postive/negative judgements about a person/group that one is aware of and may affect one's behavior toward that person or group.

• Actions like protests,boycotts,door to door activities that send messages of resistance activists work to creat large scale social changes.

• Behaviors that go against power structures, traditional roles and social norms.

Confirmation Bias

• Behaviors that go against power structures,traditional roles and social norms.

• Tendency to seek and accept information that supports one's existing beliefs.

• Tendency to avoid and reject information that contradicts one's existing beliefs;especially those that one is emotionally attached to.

Discomformation Bias

• Tendency to avoid and reject information that contradicts one's existing beliefs;especially those that one is emotionally attached to.

• Being in favor of one thing,person or group over another;unfair judgement.

• Removal of systemic barriers that result in inequity; the belief everyone deserves equal rights and equitable opportunities.