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🥨Intro to Ethnic Studies
Key Terms

203 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Intro to Ethnic Studies exam

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A

Acculturation Gap
Acculturation stress
American Indian Movement
Angela Davis
Anglo-Saxon Conformity
Anti-bias education
Anti-discrimination laws
Anti-immigrant sentiment
Anti-racism
Anti-racism education
Arjun Appadurai
Asian American Movement

B

Berry's Acculturation Model
Black feminist theory
Black feminist thought
Border identity
Border security

C

Capitalist exploitation
Cesar Chavez
Chicano Movement
Chosen family
Class consciousness
Class stratification
Claude Steele
Community conferencing
Community organizing
Community Reinvestment Act
Compounded Stereotyping
Compounding marginalization
Contact Hypothesis
Cornel West
Cosmopolitan Identities
Criminal Justice System
Critical Race Theory
Cultural alienation
Cultural bias
Cultural borrowing
Cultural capital
Cultural Competence
Cultural Competency
Cultural hybridity
Cultural nationalism
Cultural preservation
Cultural Studies
Culturally Responsive Healthcare
Culturally responsive teaching
César Chávez

D

Decolonial Theory
Decolonization of culture
Demographic Composition
Dia de los Muertos
Diaspora networks
Diaspora studies
Diasporic literature
Disparities in sentencing
Displaced persons
Dolores Huerta
Dominant narratives
Dual citizenship

E

Ecological Framework
Economic disparity
Economic marginalization
Educational Access
Edward Said
Employee resource groups
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Equitable environments
Ethnic Composition
Ethnic Economy
Ethnic identity achievement
Ethnic identity search/moratorium
Ethnic Institutions
Ethnic nationalism
Ethnic Resilience
Ethnic Tropes