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GCMS identity vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| discrimination | the treatment of a person or group worse than the way people are usually treated |
| diversity | including a range of different things (like different kinds of people) |
| extremist | someone having beliefs or opinions that most people think are unreasonable and unacceptable |
| genocide | killing an entire group of people because of their identity |
| justice | people getting what they deserve |
| moderate | having opinions with an average amount of intensity |
| prejudice | an opinion about a group of people that isn't based on evidence |
| racism | the belief that some races (skin color) are superior to other races in their abilities and characteristics |
| scapegoat | a person who is blamed for someone else's wrongdoings or failures |
| stereotype | a widely held but prejudicial view of a type of person |
| tolerance | a fair, objective attitude toward opinions, beliefs and practices different from your own |
| opposite of moderate | extremist |
| opposite of extremist | moderate |
| immigrant | a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country |
| injustice | opposite of justice |
| EXAMPLE of diversity | At GCMS we are old, young, boy, girl, lots of languages & nationalities. |
| EXAMPLE of stereotype | “Teenagers are nothing but trouble!” |
| EXAMPLE of discrimination | Until 1954 it was legal to have separate schools for whites and blacks. |
| EXAMPLE of genocide | Nazis rounded up, imprisoned and killed 6 million Jewish people. |
| EXAMPLE of justice | When a jury says a criminal is guilty and the judge sends the person to jail. |
| EXAMPLE of prejudice | If you don't like someone just because you don't know anyone from their community. |
| EXAMPLE of racism | Believing that skin color causes someone to be a better student. |
| EXAMPLE of scapegoat | Mrs. Pruitt's cat blamed the dog for breaking the picture of the grandkids. The cat did it. |
| EXAMPLE of tolerance | When the election is over you have to get along with people who voted differently from you. |
| EXAMPLE of extremist | People who want to stop all immigration into the United States. |
| EXAMPLE of immigrant | Alexander Hamilton was born on the Caribbean island of Nevis but became the first Secretary of the Treasury of the USA. |
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