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Lesson Before Dying

TermDefinition
Internalized racism when a person from a marginalized group accepts negative stereotypes about their own group
dignity a sense of worth and self-respect
Resistance refusing to accept the identity or role that an oppressive system assigns to you
colorism prejudice or discrimination based on skin tone, typically favoring lighter skin within a racial group
White supremacy a social and political system built on the belief that white people are superior
Racial hierarchy the unspoken but enforced social order that determines who has power, access, and humanity
Societal expectations the unspoken rules a community places on its members about how they should behave, what roles they should fill, and what they owe each other
Systemic racism racism embedded in institutions, laws, and social structures rather than only in individual attitudes
Agency / Autonomy he ability to make meaningful choices and act on one's own behalf
Injustice a wrong that a system refuses to correct; distinct from mere misfortune
Complicity going along with or enabling an unjust system, even when you know it is wrong
Redemption being restored to a sense of worth or goodness, either spiritually or humanly
Collective trauma The shared psychological wounds a community carries from generations of oppression
Legacy what a person leaves behind; the novel asks what Jefferson can leave, even condemned
Created by: gkourie
 

 



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