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Toni-Mokjaetji Humber, Ph.D. Quotations and Terms Information about Gender, Ethnicity, and Multicultural Studies (GEMS) Major & Minor
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EWS 104 (01), Fall 2007 |
QUOTATIONS
George Orwell Whoever controls the image and information of the past will determine what and how future generations will think; and, whoever controls the information and images of the present, will also determine how those same people will view the past. (paraphrase) Marian Anderson Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can’t see it, you can’t find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating. Toni Morrison …the habit of ignoring race is understood to be a graceful, even generous, even liberal gesture. To notice is to recognize an already discredited difference. To enforce its invisibility through silence is to allow the black body a shadowless participation in the dominant cultural body.
TERMS Culture The ideations, symbols, behaviors, values, and beliefs that are shared by a human group. Culture is… consciously and unconsciously learned. Culture is…a system of knowledge. All cultures consist of… BELIEFS VALUES NORMS To download A Closer Look at Culture as DOC File Ethnic Group A microcultural group or collectivity that shares a common history and culture, common values, behaviors, and other characteristics that cause members of the group to have a shared identity.
Sex The biological factors that distinguish males and females, such as chromosomal, hormonal, anatomical, and physiological characteristics.
Gender Behaviors that result from the social, cultural, and psychological factors associated with masculinity and femininity within a society.
Religion A set of beliefs and values, especially about explanations that concern the cause and nature of the universe, to which an individual or group has a strong loyalty and attachment. Religion usually has a moral code, rituals, and institutions that reinforce and propagate its beliefs.
Social Class A collectivity of people who have a similar socioeconomic status based on such criteria as income, occupation, education, values, behaviors, and life chances.
Prejudice Negative attitudes based on faulty and inflexible stereotypes.
Stereotyping Categorizing people and making assertions/ assumptions about all people who belong to that category/group.
Discrimination • is prejudice in action. • is when there are behavioral manifestations of prejudice. • can be sanctioned through the political process/ social structure. • can be manifested through violent actions against others.
Forms of Discrimination • Violent actions against others • Segregation and apartheid • Excluding, denying, preventing access to… employment, housing, education, economic resources, personal safety, and legal protection.
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Contact the instructor at: tchumber@csupomona.edu
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