Culture Vocab

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Culture Vocab

• Human Behavior

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Racism

• A belief that race is the primary determinant of
  human traits.
• Ex Racial Profiling

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Prejudice

• Preconceived judgment or opinion
• Everyone has prejudices, sometimes they are
  positive

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Hate Crimes

• Crimes committed because of the hatred of others
• In the United States one hate crime is committed
  every hour

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White Supremacy

• Ideology which holds that the white race is
  superior to other races

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Ku-Klux-Klan

• Underground terrorist group against civil rights.

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Stereotype

• A standardized mental picture that is held in
  common by members of a group and that represents
  an oversimplified opinion or prejudiced attitude

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Anti-Semitism

• Being racist against the Jewish culture

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

• A prediction that causes itself to come true due
  to the simple fact that the prediction was made.

Examples of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy -You think
a certain race dislikes your race so you treat
them poorly, therefore they treat you as though
they dislike you -You expect your new roommate to
be shy so you dont speak much to him after he
moves in, and he therefore does seem shy -A
coach expects his freshmen to be uncoordinated
and unskilled so he does not play them often, and
when he does they are rusty and do not perform
well -Your teacher expects you to do well and
she spends extra time with you preparing for the
exam, so you get an A
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Values

• Things that are important to us