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Afrocentric Perspective
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An emphasis on the customs of African cultures and how they have pervaded the history, culture, and behavior of Blacks in the US and around the world.
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Amalgamation
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The process by which a dominate group and a subordinate group combine through intermarriage to form a new group.
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Assimilation
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The process by which a subordinate individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant group.
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Bilingualism
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Using two or more languages and treating them equally.
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Biological Race
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The mistaken notion of a genetically isolated human group.
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Blaming the Victim
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Portraying the problems of racial and ethnic minorities as their fault rather than recognizing societies responsibilities.
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Class
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People who share similar classes of wealth.
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Colonialism
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A foreign power's maintenance of political, social, economic, and cultural dominance over people for an extended period.
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Genocide
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The deliberate, systematic killing of an entire people or nation.
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Immigration
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Coming into a new country as a permanent resident.
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Intelligence quotient
IQ
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The ratio of a person's mental age to his or her chronological age, multiplied by 100
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Internal colonialism
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The treatment of subordinate peoples as colonial subjects by those in power
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Labeling theory
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A sociological approach that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants and others engaging in the same behavior are not
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Marginality
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The status of being between two cultures at the same time, such as the status of Jewish immigrants in the United States
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Melting pot
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Diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming a new creation, a new cultural entity
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