Diversity Unit Vocabulary

the practice of including and integrating all people and groups in activities, especially those who are disadvantaged or have suffered discrimination

Inclusion of people with multiple backgrounds (race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, etc)

the unearned and mostly unacknowledged societal advantage that a restricted group of people has over another group

To keep out; to shut out from consideration

differential treatment based on skin color, and mistreatment or exclusion of those with a darker skin, usually within the same ethnicity/race.

utterly intolerant of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.

discrimination or devaluation based on a person's sex or gender, especially such discrimination directed against women:

one's inherent attraction to a partner of a certain gender, or the absence of gender preference in a romantic relationship

something that is fair and just

an ethnic group; a social group that shares a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like

a biased or discriminatory attitude based on distinctions made between social or economic classes.

pertaining to or taking place between two or more cultures

a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea th

being treated as equal (the same) in rank, status, value, worth

either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior