Diversity Vocabulary

1. identity: The range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between masculinity and femininity
3. The belief that a person’s own culture is the best or most natural.
6. Discrimination in favor of able-bodied people.
7. humility: An acknowledgement of one’s own barriers to true intercultural understanding.
9. A person’s identity with a particular racial, national, or cultural group and support of that group’s customs, beliefs, and language.
10. A local geographic or global human population distinguished as a more or less distinct group by genetically transmitted physical characteristics.
11. Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice.
13. Varied differences in people.
14. competence: refers to an ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures and socio-economic backgrounds, particularly in the context of human resources, non-profit organizations, and government agencies whose employees work with persons from different cultural/ethnic backgrounds.
16. Bias against, or unfair treatment of, persons based on their age.
18. Unfounded negative bias often based on stereotyping.
19. shock: The difficulties and feelings of uneasiness people have when exposed to another culture.

2. To be understanding or sensitive to the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of others.
4. Adopting the habits, customs, and patterns of a new culture.
5. Everything about the way a group of people live.
8. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
12. Preconceived generalizations about certain groups of people.
15. generativity: Giving back to future generations by passing on cultural values and traditions.
17. norming: The practice of judging female military recruits, or female applicants in the workforce, by less stringent standards than their male counterparts.