1. The academic study of humanity
2. anthropology has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos (ἄνθρωπος), "man", understood to mean humankind or humanity, and -logia (-λογία), "discourse" or "study."

anti-Semitism

1. suspicion of, hatred toward,or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage -wikipedia 

Asian American

1. A term that was embraced by activists in the 1960s as an alternative to the term “Oriental.” The Orient is a concept born of Western imperialism, and Orientalism is a worldview that justifies the subjugation and exploitation of non-Western people, their land, and their resources. Orientalism views the Orient as inferior, exotic, and threatening. Activists chose the term Asian American as a rejection of colonization, war, and racism. Historian Yuji Ichioka is widely credited with popularizing the term. As a demographic category, the Asian American population has grown and diversified over the last 50 years as a result of 1965 immigration laws that ended restrictions on Asian immigration to the United States. The 2010 Census listed the following largest Asian American ethnic groups: Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Pakistani, Cambodian, Hmong, Thai, Lao, Taiwanese, Bangladeshi, and Burmese. API is an acronym that stands for Asian and Pacific Islander. People use this term to explicitly acknowledge that Pacific Islanders are different from Asians, but also to be inclusive of Pacific Islanders in a broader political coalition. NHPI is an acronym for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, which emerged to signify the unique political conditions of Native Hawaiians. AMEMSA stands for Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian, and emerged post-9/11 to distinguish these communities for their extraordinary experiences of oppression through alleged anti-terrorism measures. Some organizations identify their constituencies using some combination of these acronyms, such as NHPI/AMEMSA/AA. -Soya Jung, ChangeLab

assimilate vs integrate

1. Assimilation was done to Native Americans at the end of the U.S. Amerindian wars.
   Learn more: Indian Policy - LaDonna Harris: Indian 101
2. Integration happened to African Americans after the end of U.S. enslavement, but more so after the 1964 civil rights act that ended segregation. Racism did not end.  

apartheid (segregation)

1. a system of racial segregation in South Africa enforced through legislation by the National Party governments, the ruling party from 1948 to 1994, under which the rights, associations, and movements of the majority black inhabitants were curtailed -Wikipedia
2. also see 'Jim Crow'

appropriation

1. Using the clothing, or slang of another culture in a disrespectfully way
2. Adopting the culture of another in a respectful way - wikipedia 

bias

1. a strong feeling in favor of or against one group of people, or one side in an argument, often not based on fair judgement -ODO

bigotry

1. the state of feeling, or the act of expressing strong, unreasonable beliefs or opinions -ODO

blaming the victim

1. When the disenfranchised are blamed for their own poverty
2. When a rape victim is blamed for how they were dressed or where they were located

Boriqua

1. Taíno word for people from the Caribbean, especially people from what is now known as Puerto Rico. -Wikipedia 

brown paper bag test

1. Traditionally used by African Americans throughout the twentieth and twenty-first century with reference to a ritual once practiced by certain African-American sororities and fraternities who would not let anyone into the group whose skin tone was darker than a paper bag. -Wikipedia 

capitalism

1. an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state -ODO
2. profits before people

categories

1. categories themselves have no independent existence. They are merely a place holder – a social construct, whose application is a reduction of individual people to an imaginary lowest common denominator. -comment by user "Appalled" on ChangeLab

chauvinism

1. aggressive or fanatical patriotism-The Free Dictionary
2. Prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group or kind-The Free Dictionary

Chicano, Chicana, Chican@

1. Mexican-American -The Unapologetic Mexican

cis / cisgender / cissexual  

1. those whose sex and gender match -Abagond 
2. those who are not transgender or transsexual -eminism.org

colonialism

1. the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically -ODO

colorblindness

1. condition associated with a belief in equality, while an appreciation for equity is nonexistent -The Magic Mulatto

colorism (subset of racism)

1. discrimination by which those with lighter skin are treated more favorably than those with darker skin. In the African-American community, this traditionally played out via the paper bag test. Those lighter than the standard paper lunch bag were allowed entry into fraternities, sororities and other realms of black upper class life, while dark-skinned blacks were excluded. The Spike Lee film “School Daze” is an exploration of colorism. -About.com

covert racism

1. much less public and obvious form of racism or overt racism-Wikipedia

cracka

1. person who cracks the whip 
2. person who is the color of a saltine cracker
3. refers to the sound of the whip of white bosses -CHANGELAB

crimogenic

1. Producing or tending to produce crime or criminality -TFD
   i.e.: a culture that creates criminal, such as the U.S. 

crony capitalism

1. a term describing an economy in which success in business depends on close relationships between business people and government officials. It may be exhibited by favoritism in the distribution of legal permits, government grants, special tax breaks, or other forms of dirigisme. Crony capitalism is believed to arise when political cronyism spills over into the business world; self-serving friendships and family ties between businessmen and the government influence the economy and society to the extent that it corrupts public-serving economic and political ideals. -Wikipedia

cultural 

1. relating to the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a society -Oxford

cultural genocide

1. When a culture dies out from assimilation into a dominant (oppressive) culture

cultural equity

1. Describes the goal of a movement by artist and organizers, to ensure a fair share of resources for institutions focusing on non-European cultures. The goal of cultural-equity organizing is to redress and correct historic imbalances in favour of European-derived culture. -community cultural development, glossary

cultural relativism

1. The principle that an individual human's beliefs and activities are understood in terms of his or her own culture -wikipedia

cultural pluralism

1. (Mostly) peaceful coexistence of multiple subcultures within a society @profragsdale

daily anti-racism hygiene 

1. The recommended treatment for most people so that they don't become racist, and also for those who are racist so they can become less racist. 

discrimination

1. the practice of treating someone or a particular group in society less fairly than others -OAD 

double standard

1. a situation in which two people, groups, etc., are treated very differently from each other in a way that is unfair to one of them -m-w
2. Also see hypocrisy  

dysphemism

1. the substitution of a disagreeable, offensive, or disparaging expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one -M-W

educationism

1. discrimination against a person because of their education -BBC

emic

1. emic: involving analysis of cultural phenomena from the perspective of one who participates in the culture being studied --M-W

emigrant

1. a person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another -Oxford
2. also immigrant

ethnic heritage 

1. What a person is ethnically based on their ancestors 
2. Better than saying 'racial heritage'. Many do not believe in the concept of biological race. 

ethnic racism 

1. Making hierarchies of ethnic groups

ethnocentrism

1. Judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture -wikipedia
2. Also see The White Lens

ethnocide

1. the deliberate and systematic destruction of the culture of an ethnic group -Oxford

etic

1. etic: involving analysis of cultural phenomena from the perspective of one who does not participate in the culture being studied --M-W

exploitation colonization

1. the expropriation of fragments of Indigenous worlds, animals, plants, and human beings, extracting them in order to transport them to -- build wealth of the privileged, to feed the appetites of the colonizers, who get marked as the first world. -Dr. Michael Yellow Bird 

Doctrine of white supremacy

1. See 'white supremacy' below

fascism

1. a political and economic system that utilizes authoritarianism and brutal repression in order to promote and protect the concentration of corporate wealth in the hands of a small class of people.  Important components include the complementary use of both paramilitary shock troops along with military and police to keep popular forces and movements at bay and to repress any threat or challenge to the power of the few and the subservience of the many.  Patriotism is extolled as a virtue above all others, superseding  any competing values, morals or considerations.  The repression of targeted class, ethnic, religious, political or sexual-gender communities is employed to ensure a false sense of “purity” that aimed at intimidating and crushing anything that deviates from a narrowly defined norm and that could be a source of possible resistance to the status quo.  The power of the state is ubiquitous and final and is always wielded to reinforce privilege and control for the corporate and political elite.  Fascism is directed toward the complete subjugation of workers as pawns and servants of the wealthy. -Alliance for Global Justice

gender dysphoria

1. the feeling that you are in the wrong body -Abagond

genocide

1. the murder of a whole race or group of people -OAD

guilt

1. "I did something bad" | creates cognitive dissonance -Dr Brené Brown

hate crime

1. "a criminal offense against a person, property or society that is motivated in whole or in part by an offender's bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or ethnicity/national origin"- FBI Crime in the United States 2004 Report

hegemony

1. the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group -Webster

heteropatriarchy

1. The dominance of heterosexual males in society. -Wiktionary

high yellow

1. Derogatory term for light skinned African-Americans who are lighter than 'redbone'.

Hispanic

1. A sense of community through a connection to Spain. - G. Cristina Mora
2. A word invented by Richard Nixon. It attempts to convince those who use and hear it that all Latin@s are necessarily related to Spain, as the word references the country of Spain. I do not use this word. This word exists to eradicate the reality that Mexicans are Indians. "Hispanic" refutes Brownness. "Hispanic" references the fair, White Spanish conquerers. While it is true that Mexicans can have both the blood of the conqueror (Spanish) as well as the conquered (Indian), there is no reason to focus on the conqueror, and exclude the original inhabitants of Mexico...unless it is to continue the conquest linguistically. -The Unapologetic Mexican

homophobia

1. a range of negative attitudes or feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) -Wikipedia

honky

1. from when white men drove into red light districts of black neighborhoods to solicit prostitutes by honking their horns -CHANGELAB

human rights

1. fundamental human rights listed in the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" to be universally protected  -office of the high commissioner on human rights

hypocrisy

1. the behavior of people who do things that they tell other people not to do : behavior that does not agree with what someone claims to believe or feel -m-w
2. Also see double standard

identification assimilation

1. Assimilate to the ways of the dominant culture.
2. USA: You see Euro-American culture as dominant and take on Euro-American ways to blend in.
3. Colonized Peoples: You see Euro-culture as better (colonized mentality) and take on Euro ways to blend into the dominant culture. - Abagond

immigrant

1. a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country -Oxford
2. also emigrant

imperialism

1. a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force -ODO

indigeneship

1. The status of being an indigene; native status.
   -YourDictionary
2. Relate to citizenship 

indigenous

1. people who live where their people began. Mexicans are indigenous to the American continent, for example. Iraqis are indigenous to Iraq. Irish people would be indigenous were they standing in Ireland. And so on. You will see the word a lot on blogs like this, ones that discuss the colonization and conquering of peoples in their own land for the purposes of exploiting or stealing their resources. -The Unapologetic Mexican

India America

1. Used instead of 'Indian American' to prevent confusion with 'American Indian' 
2. As in: Miss India America

Indo American

1. Indian American
2. Useful note: Search on 'Indo American' for results just on "Indian American' so you don't get results on 'American Indian'.

insular

1. ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience -Oxford
   

integrate vs assimilate

1. Integration happened to African Americans after the end of U.S. enslavement, but more so after the 1964 civil rights act that ended segregation. Racism did not end. 
2. Assimilation was done to Native Americans after the end of the U.S. / Native American wars.
   Learn more: Indian Policy - LaDonna Harris: Indian 101

 intersectionality

1. theory that suggests - and seeks to examine how gender, race, class, ability, sexual orientation, and other axes of identity interact on multiple and often simultaneous levels, contributing to systematic social inequality. -Wikipedia
2. antonym: sectarianism

Jim Crow (segregation)

1. U.S. racial segregation laws enacted in Southern states of the former Confederacy after enslavement was outlawed, which mandated de jure (by law) racial segregation in all public facilities. Jim Crow segregation continued in force until 1965. 
2. Also see apartheid (segregation)

jingoism

1. the feelings and beliefs of people who think that their country is always right and who are in favor of aggressive acts against other countries
2. extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy
   -M-W

Kyriarchy

1. a social system or set of connecting social systems built around domination, oppression, and submission. Kyriarchy encompasses sexism, racism, homophobia, economic injustice, and other forms of dominating hierarchies in which the subordination of one person or group to another is internalized and institutionalized. -Wikipedia
2. Also see intersectionalism

Latinidad

1. The study of other nationality groups whose countries of origin are the Spanish-speaking countries of Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.[1] Cultural anthropologist Arlene Davila describes this notion of Latinidad as the “out-of-many, one-people' process through which 'Latinos' or 'Hispanics' are conceived and represented as sharing one common identity”.[2] Yet Latinidad is not only the process of a shared common identity but also invokes pan-Latino/a solidarity. Latinidad is contingent and a cultural event based on place-specific social relations. -Wikipedia

Latino

1. A sense of community through a history of colonization from Spain. -G. Cristina Mora

LGBTQIA

1. Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexed Person, Asexual -LGBTQIA Terminology, UC San Diego

marginalize

1. treat (a person, group, or concept) as insignificant or peripheral -ODO

microaggressions

1. Term coined by Chester Pierce which states that specific interactions between those of different races, cultures, and genders can be interpreted as mostly non=physical aggression -Wikipedia
2. demeaning implications and other subtle insults against minorities -Wikipedia

microassaults

1. explicit racial derogation characterized primarily by verbal or non-verbal attack meant to hurt the intended victim through name-calling, avoidant behavior, or purposeful discriminatory actions -Wikipedia

microinequity

1. the ways in which individuals are "either singled out, or overlooked, ignored, or otherwise discounted" based on an unchangeable characteristic such as race or gender -Wikipedia

microinsults

1. communications that convey rudeness and insensitivity and demean a person's racial heritage or identity -Wikipedia

microinvalidations

1. communications that exclude, negate, or nullify the psychological thoughts, feelings, or experiential reality of another person -Wikipedia

migrant

1. a person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or better living conditions -ODO

misandry

1. hatred or dislike of men or boys -Wikipedia

monoculturalism

1. a form of racism that substitutes culture hierarchy in place of racial hierarchy 
2. a form of racism that values one's own culture above others
3. the practice of actively preserving a national culture via the exclusion of external influences. Usually a monocultural society exists due to racial homogeneity, nationalistic tendencies, geographic isolation, or political isolation (sometimes but not always under a totalitarian regime). -Wikipedia

monoracism

1. oppression of Multiraciality -Eric Hamako

moribond 

1. dying civilization -ODO

multiculturalism

1. Living in a community of various cultures while assimilating into the dominant culture

nationalism

1. Racism based on nation or nationality. 
2. a feeling that your country is better than any other -OAD
3. "power-hunger tempered by self-deception" -George Orwell  -Wikipedia
4. actions that the members of a nation take when seeking to achieve (or sustain) self-determination -Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

nativism

1. chiefly US the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. -ODO
2. a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants - M-W
3. the revival or perpetuation of an indigenous culture especially in opposition to acculturation -M-W
4. return to or emphasis on indigenous customs, in opposition to outside influences. -ODO

neo-liberalism

1. a modified form of liberalism tending to favour free-market capitalism -ODO
2. an idea that argues that the best way to advance human wellbeing is through strong private property rights, free markets, and free trade. Neoliberalism argues that the role of the state is to create these conditions by setting up military, police, and legal structures that guarantee, by force if necessary, the free functioning of markets. Neoliberalism views labor protections, environmental regulations, welfare programs, and protective trade tariffs as barriers to human progress. Its goal is to deregulate and privatize public resources such as land, water, education, and healthcare in order to create new markets where they didn’t exist before. Since the 1980s, neoliberalism has become the dominant way of understanding, living in, and thinking about the world. Because of the legacy of racism, communities of color have borne the brunt of neoliberalism’s damage. -Soya Jung, ChangeLab

Nican Tlaca

1. (US politics) The Indigenous People of Canada, U.S., Mexico, Central and South America, including Full-Bloods and Mixed-Bloods regarded as one people or one nation. -wiktionary

oligarchical democracy

1. a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution -ODO

oppression

1. keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority -TFD
2. Self esteem and oppression are inextricably linked. - Dr. Ness on Mixed Race Radio

oppressor

1. one who keeps down by severe and unjust use of force or authority -TFD

out Asianing the Asians
This phrase relies on the assumption that Asian aptitude and culture is the standard to reach and surpass 

1. When a person of non-Asian heritage outperforms a person of Asian heritage
2. When a person of non-Asian heritage wins when competing against a person of Asian heritage; such as Gabby Douglas

out Blacking the Blacks
This phrase relies on the assumption that Black aptitude and culture is the standard to reach and surpass 

1. When a person of non-African heritage outperforms a person of African heritage
2. When a person of non-African heritage wins when competing against a person of African heritage

out Latinoing the Latinos
This phrase relies on the assumption that Latin aptitude and culture is the standard to reach and surpass 

1. When a person of non-Latin heritage outperforms a person of Latin heritage
2. When a person of non-Latin heritage wins when competing against a person of Latin heritage

out Mixing the Mixed
This phrase relies on the assumption that Mixed aptitude and culture is the standard to reach and surpass 

1. When a person of non-Mixed heritage outperforms a person of Mixed heritage
2. When a person of non-Mixed heritage wins when competing against a person of Mixed heritage

out Whiting the Whites
This phrase relies on the assumption that European aptitude and culture is the standard to reach and surpass 

1. When a person of non-European heritage outperforms a person of European heritage
2. When a person of non-European heritage wins when competing against a person of European heritage; such as Gabby Douglas
3. When a person of non-European heritage has a better command of a European language than a person of European heritage; such as Dr. Cornel West, or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
4. When a person of non-European heritage knows more European languages than a person of European heritage. i.e. One who is bilingual Spanish / English knows twice as many European languages as a mono-lingual person of European heritage. 
5. When a person of non-European heritage scores higher on a test than a person of European heritage.

sociopath

1. person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behaviour. -ODO

systemic oppression

1. imperialist white supremacist racist patriarchal capitalism -Red Sociology

transphobia 

1. the fear and hatred in others that trans people regularly face -Abagond

tribalism

1. behavior, attitudes, etc. that are based on being loyal to a tribe or other social group -OAD
2. infers the possession of a strong cultural or ethnic identity that separates one member of a group from the members of another group -Wikiepdia

urban

1. of the city
2. also code word meaning Black 

vato, vata, vat@

1. essentially means dude - The Unapologetic Mexican

vulture capitalism

1. capitalism that takes advantage of people in order to increase profit 

vulture capitalist

1. slang word for a venture capitalist who deprives an inventor of control over their own innovations and most of the money they should have made from the invention. -Investopedia
2. venture capitalist who invests in floundering firms in the hopes that they will turn around. -Investopedia

white fragility

1. a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include outward display of emotions such as anger, fear and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence and leaving the stress-inducing situation. -Robin DiAngelo, professor of multicutural education at Westfield State University and author of What Does it Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy HT Sam Adler-Bell in Why White People Freak Out When They're Called Out About Race

white gaze

1. looking at the world through a white person’s eyes -Abagond

white privilege

1. White privilege refers to any advantage, opportunity, benefit, head start, or general protection from negative societal mistreatment, which persons deemed white will typically enjoy, but which others will generally not enjoy. -Tim Wise
2. Being given the benefit of the doubt in the majority of situations
3. Not being stopped-and-frisked for just walking down the street
4. Not being shot dead (while innocent) by the police, or neighborhood watch
5. Also see Things You Need to Understand #4 -The Angry Black Woman
6. Also see Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh

white supremacy (short for 'Doctrine of white supremacy')

1. Term used in place of 'racism' in order to have white people at the center of the discussion. -Bell Hooks
2. Ideology that supports racism
3. According to Imara Jones, white supremacy is a low-level assumption about characteristics that white people allegedly have which transforms inequality between them and everyone else into something natural. It often masks itself as fairness and goes unquestioned as a result. -ColorLines
4. According to Native scholar Andrea Smith, white supremacy relies on various interconnected forms of racial logic that justify systems of capitalism, colonization, and war. The logic of slavery, the idea that Black people are inherently slaveable, supports the system of capitalism by treating Black bodies as property. The logic of genocide supports the system of colonization, mandating the disappearance of indigenous peoples in order to make way for non-indigenous settlerism. The logic of Orientalism supports the system of war by viewing certain people and nations as permanent threats to the project of Western empire. Peoples of color are both oppressed by white supremacy, and are participants in it. -Soya Jung, ChangeLab

White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy

1. Interlocking systems of domination that define our reality. Refers to institutional structure. -Bell Hooks (4:26 - 8:41)

Yellow Peril

1. refers to perceptions regarding the skin color of East Asians, the fear that the mass immigration of Asians threatened white wages and standards of living, and the fear that they would eventually take over and destroy western civilization, replacing it with their ways of life and values. -Wikipedia

xenophobia

1. a strong feeling or dislike or fear of people from other countries -OAD

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