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| Programs designed to seek out members of minority groups for positions from which they were excluded in the past |
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| Separation of racial and ethnic groups by law |
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| The denial of opportunities and social esteem to individuals because they are members of a devalued group or category |
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| A category of people who see themselves and are seen by others as different because of their cultural heritage |
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| A category of people who see themselves and are seen by others as different because of inherited characterastics |
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| An immigrant's adoption of a host country's cultural patterns |
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| The view that American institutions must be protected from immigrant influences (America for Americans") |
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| The view that members of ethnic groups should renounce their ways and adopt the norms and values of the Anglo-Saxon majority |
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| The systematic attempt to murder members of racial or ethnic groups |
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| The incorporation of different ethnic and racial groups into the mainstream of society. Adoption of a host country's cultural patterns |
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| The belief that a group considered a racial group is innately inferior and that this justifies disrimination against and exploitation of members of that race |
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| Established social patterns that have the unintended consequences of limiting opportunities of certain racial groups |
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| The view that the preservation of ethnic differences and ethnic communities is a source of both individual dignity and social strength |
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| the acceptance of members of minority groups into the majority's private clubs and friend cliques |
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| a category of people who have gained a dominant position in society and guard their power and position, excluding others from their ranks |
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| the view that a synthesis of different ethnic peoples and traditions in this country will produce a new American "race" and culture |
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| A category of people whose members are disadvantaged, held in low esteem involuntarily excluded from valued social position, and concious of being a "people apart" |
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| Separation of racial and ethnic groups resulting from informal social patterns, not public policy |
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| A negative prejudgement of members of a social group or category which is based on stereotypes and cannot be influenced by new information |
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| the admission of members of minority groups into major businesses and professions |
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