Across
- 3. a person who opposes racism and acts for racial justice
- 4. privilege: the societal privilege that benefits White people, or those perceived to be White, over non-White people in some societies, including the United States
- 6. the ideal of the United States as a “salad bowl:” a mixture of different cultures where each culture retains its own identity and yet adds to the “flavor” of the whole
- 8. the physical separation of two groups, particularly in residence, but also in workplace and social functions
- 12. theory:a theory that suggests that the dominant group will displace its unfocused aggression onto a subordinate group
- 13. racism: racism embedded in social institutions; also referred to as institutional racism and structural racism
- 20. the practice of routinely refusing mortgages for households and business located in predominately minority communities
- 21. steering: the act of real estate agents directing prospective homeowners toward or away from certain neighborhoods based on their race
- 23. of racial inequality: the intergenerational impact of de facto and de jure racism that limits the abilities of Black people to accumulate wealth
- 24. of prejudice :the theory that prejudice is embedded in our culture
- 25. theory: theory that suggests we cannot separate the effects of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and other attributes
- 26. group: a group of people who have more power in a society than any of the subordinate groups
- 27. the process by which a minority group and a majority group combine to form a new group
Down
- 1. group: any group of people who are singled out from the others for differential and unequal treatment
- 2. biased thought based on flawed assumptions about a group of people
- 5. the act of a dominant group forcing a subordinate group to leave a certain area or even the country
- 7. belief that one type of skin tone is superior or inferior to another within a racial group
- 9. a set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices that are used to justify the belief that one racial category is somehow superior or inferior to others
- 10. the deliberate annihilation of a targeted (usually subordinate) group
- 11. shared culture, which may include heritage, language, religion, and more
- 14. of race: the school of thought that race is not biologically identifiable
- 15. minority: the stereotype applied to a minority group that is seen as reaching higher educational, professional, and socioeconomic levels without protest against the majority establishment
- 16. profiling: the use by law enforcement of race alone to determine whether to stop and detain someone
- 17. group: a group of people who have less power than the dominant group
- 18. oversimplified ideas about groups of people
- 19. the process by which a minority individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant culture
- 22. prejudiced action against a group of people