Term | Definition |
Prejudice | an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason. |
Discrimination | treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category |
Racism | a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others. |
Segregation | to seperate from all others due to a race, religious or ethnic group |
Integration | an act or instance to combine a racial ,religious, or ethnic group |
Boycott | to abstain from buying or using |
Civil disobedience | the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy, |
Medicare | a U.S. government program of hospitalization insurance and voluntary medical insurance for persons aged 65 and over and for certain disabled persons under 65. |
Medicaid | a U.S. government program, financed by federal, state, and local funds, of hospitalization and medical insurance for persons of all ages within certain income limits. |
Feminist | advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men. |
Interstate | connecting or involving different states |
Sit-in | an organized passive protest, especially against racial segregation, in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and other public places. |
Hispanic | Latin American |