Core Concepts of Ethnic Studies

1. preconceived opinions or feelings about people not based in reason or actual experience
5. legal citizenship to a specific nation or state
8. a social group based on physical traits and not biology
10. systemic, unfair treatment and denial of rights based on race, ethnicity, or other identities
11. a group based on shared culture, language, ancestry, and traditions
12. academic field that examines the histories, cultures, experiences, and perspectives of racial and ethnic groups
14. fully adopting a dominant culture while losing original customs and traditions
15. type of bias that is unconscious and outside of a person's awareness
17. groups that oppose dominant cultural values and create alternatives
19. acts committed with intent to eradicate or destroy national, ethnic, religious, or racial groups
20. racial/ethnic groups pushed to the size and excluded from power and resources that create inequality
22. oversimplified, generalized, and often widely held belief about a particular group of people
23. type of bias that is conscious and with intent
24. the culture of society's most powerful group seen as "normal" or "default"
25. the idea that various aspects of one's identity interact with one another to create a unique experience of privilege or discrimination

2. judging other cultures based on the standards of one's own culture
3. adopting elements of other culture naturally while retaining one's own
4. systemic domination of one social group by another
6. opposing oppression and challenging dominant narratives by asserting marginalized group identities
7. unearned advantages or access given to certain groups by society
9. discrimination based on the basis of race
13. unfairly blaming a minority group for society's problems, failures, or frustrations
16. the shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts of a group
18. unfair preference or inclination for or against someone or something
21. fear or hatred of foreign individuals and cultures