Knowing the definition of and concept behind these terms will greatly enhance your knowledge and application of the information in this section. I will give you some of the definitions; you get to find the rest. I have taken the definitions from the online Webster dictionary and textbooks. Your task is to understand the definition and think of examples and/or applications to help you better understand the concepts.
Acculturation: Cultural modification by adaptation or borrowing traits from another culture; a merging of cultures
Assimilation: To become similar to the dominant culture
Authoritarian Personality: Individuals who rigidly conform to conventional values and who view society as hierarchical
Bias:
Bicultural:
Color Blindness:
Conflict Theory: The notion that prejudice is used to oppress others
Cultural Competence:
Cultural Pluralism:
Culturally Responsive Teaching:
Culture Theory: Every individual has some form of prejudice
De Facto Segregation:
Dominant Culture:
Enculturation:
Equality:
Essentialism:
Ethnicity:
Ethnic Group:
Ethnocentrism:
Exploitation Theory:
Globalization:
Immigration:
Institutional Racism: Bias and unfair practices as part of the operations of an institution
Linguistic Isolation:
Linguistic Manifest Destiny:
Marginalization:
Multicultural Education:
Multicultural Curriculum:
Nationalism:
Normative:
Overt Racism:
Pluralism:
Prejudice: Rigid, unfair generalization about a group or category of people
Race:
Racism: Belief that one racial category is superior or inferior
Refugees:
Segregation: Physical and social separation of groups of people
Scapegoating: Individual or group unfairly blaming others for problems
Stereotypes: Exaggerated description, or wrong description, applied to every person in a group or category