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Ch 7 KI 1 & 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions |
| Race | Identity with a group of people descended from a biological ancestor |
| Racism | Belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race |
| Racist | A person who subscribes to the beliefs of racism |
| Apartheid | Laws in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas |
| Blockbusting | A process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that person of color will soon move into the neighborhood |
| Sharecropper | A person who works fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent and repays loans by turning over to the landowner a share of the crops |
| Triangular Slave Trade | A practice, primarily during the 18th century in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to Caribbean islands, molasses from the Caribbean to Europe and trade goods from Europe to A |
| White Flight | The abandonment of cities by affluent or middle-class white residents. |