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| Rights or immunities granted as a particular benefit or favor for being White |
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| principle of third-generation interest |
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| Marcus Hansen's contention that ethnic interest and awareness increase in the third generation, among the grandchildren of immigrants |
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| Herbert Gan's term that describes emphasis on ethnic food and ethnically associated political issues rather than deeper ties to one's heritage. |
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| A large, organized religion not officially linked with the state or government |
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| The religious dimension in American life that merges the state with sacred beliefs. |
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| Groups that reject assimilation and promote coexistence and pluralism. |
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| People who support a literal interpretation of the biblical book of Genesis on the origins of the universe and argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific thought. |
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| View that life is so complex that it must have been created by a higher intelligence. |
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| The maintenance of one's ethnic ties in a way that can assist with assimilation in larger society. |
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