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Anti-black racism
Anti-racism
Antisemitism
Assimilation
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Bigot
Bilingualism
Cultural group
Culture
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Discrimination
Diversity
Ethnicity
Ethnic group
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Ethnocentrism
Emigration
Eurocentrism
Genocide
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Immigrant
Indigenous
Integration
Individual racism
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Intolerance
Harassment
Marginalization
Mediation
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Melting pot
Minority group
Multiculturalism
Native
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Prejudice
Race
Racial discrimination
Racism
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Racial hatred
Refugee
Segregation
Stereotype
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Tolerance
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Xenophobia
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non-homogeneous but equally recognized ethnic, racial, cultural, linguistic or religious groups
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Racial
discrimination
Racism
A mix of prejudice and power leading to domination and exploitation of one group
(the dominant or majority group) over another (the non-dominant, minority or
racialized group). It asserts that the one group is supreme and superior while the
other is inferior. Racismincludesany individual action, or institutional practice
backed by institutional power, which subordinates people because of their colour or
ethnicity.
Racial hatred
A public act based on the race, colour, national or ethnic origin of a person or group
of people which is likely to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate. It can include racist graffiti, speeches, posters or abuse in public
Refugee
A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
Segregation
The social, physical, political and economic separation of diverse groups of people,
particularly referring to ideological and structural barriers to civil liberties, equal
opportunity and participation by minorities within a majority racial, ethnic, religious,
linguistic or social group
Stereotype
A fixed mental picture or image of a group of people, ascribing the same characteristic(s) to all members of the group, regardless of their individual differences, an
overgeneralization
Tolerance
Usually meant as a liberal attitude toward those whose race, religion, nationality,
etc. is different from ones own. Since it has the connotation of put up with, today
the term acceptance is preferred.
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Glossary
Anti-black racism
Racial prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination directedat people of African descent, rooted in their unique history and experience of enslavement
Anti-racism
Antisemitism
Latent or overt hostility or hatred directed towards individual Jews or the Jewish
people (not to all Semitic peoples), leading to social, economic, institutional, religious, cultural or political discrimination
Assimilation
The full adoption by an individual or group of the culture, values and patterns of a
different social, religious, linguistic or national group
Bigot
Bilingualism
Cultural group
Members of a group having the same beliefs, behavioural norms, values, language,
ways of thinking about and viewing the world
Culture
The sum total of ways of living built up by a group of human beings, which is transmitted from one generation to another
Discrimination
The denial of equal treatment, civil liberties and opportunity to individuals or groups
with respect to education, accommodation, health care, employment and access to
services, goods and facilities
Diversity
A term used to encompass all the various differences among people including
race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, socio-economic status, etc
Ethnicity
Ethnic group
Ethnocentrism
The tendency to judge all other cultures by the norms and standards of ones own
culture
Emigration
The process of leaving ones home or country in order to settle in another home,
place or country, for personal, economic, political, religious or social reasons
Eurocentrism
Presupposes the supremacy of Europe and Europeans in world culture, and relates
history according to a European perception and experience
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Immigrant
Indigenous
Definitions
A personwho moves from his/her native country to another with the intention of
settling for the purpose of forging a better
life or for better opportunities
The term used by the United Nations in its recognition of the special or unique
rights of first peoples or first nations
Integration
The process of amalgamating diverse groups within a single context, usually applied to inter-racial interaction in housing, education, political and socio-economic
spheres or activity
Individual racism
Anindividuals prejudicedassumptions, beliefs, behaviours and their action(s)against other individuals because of their group membership and skin colour
to deprivesuch individualsof some right (employment, housing)
Intolerance
Harassment
Marginalization
With reference to race and culture, the experience of persons who do not speak the
majority groups language, cannot find work or gain access to social services and
therefore, cannot become full and equal participating members of society
Mediation
The intervention into a dispute or negotiationbyan acceptable impartial and neutral third party, who has no authoritative decision-making power, to reach avoluntaryand acceptable settlement of issues in dispute
Melting pot
Term usually used to refer to the American monocultural society in which there is a
conscious attempt to assimilate diverse peoples into a homogeneous culture
Minority group
Term used to describe any group of people which is disadvantaged, underprivileged, excluded, discriminated against or exploited. Sociologically, the concept does
not refer to demographic numbers but to subordinate status in society.
Multiculturalism
The existence within one society or nation of two or more non-homogeneous but
equally recognized ethnic, racial, cultural, linguistic or religious groups
Native
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Training materials description: Icebreaking session
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Topic
Level
Objective
Group size
Duration
Material needed
Defining terminology
Adults
To understand the meaning of terms in relation to racism
Small groups (2-3), single participants
30 min
Flashcards Definitions, SET 1, SET 2
Description
Laminate the flashcards separately.
Version 1. Use one-sided cards (SET 1).
Give each group a laminated set of cards (definitions only) and ask the participants to write
down the words the definitions are for. When the participants have done this, discuss the
results.
Version 2. Use one-sided cards (SET 1).
Give each group the full set of laminated cards (SET 1) and have the groups match the term
with the definition on the cards. Discuss the definitions.
Version 3. Use double-sided flashcards (SET 2).
Distribute the cards between the participants terms side up. Each of the participants needs to
provide his/her own definition of the term and then compare it to the definition on the second
side of the card.
Version 4. Use double-sided flashcards (SET 2).
Distribute the cards between the participants. Divide the group into pairs: one of the
participants will read the definition aloud, and the second one has to guess the term.
Version 5. Use double-sided flashcards (SET 2).
Distribute the cards between the participants. Each participant will have a card with a
definition. He/she needs to tell the rest of the group the definition of the term in his/her own
words, without naming the term. The rest of the group has to guess the term.
Version 6. Use double-sided flashcards (SET 2).
Use the terms to discuss with the participants, asking them to give examples from the real
world. Ask if they can come up with other terms and definitions.
RADAR: R e g u l a t i n g An t i - D i s c r i m i n a t i o n a n d An t i - R a c i s m
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