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persons whose national origins (or whose ancestors' national origins) are in the countries of Latin America.
US Latinos are one of the two largest groups of Americans of color, along with African Americans. |
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| seasonal farm workers on contract |
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| undocumented immigrants or "illegals" |
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| immigrants without legal immigration papers |
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| manufacturing operations in northern Mexico near the US border; take advantage of low-wage labor and weak environmental standards |
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| Chicano political movement |
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| a social movement that sought greater political power and less discrimination for Mexican Americans; Chicanismo- pride in Chicano culture and heritage, want justice fairness, and equal rights; defining event: 1970 protest against Vietnam War in East LA |
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| refers to the phenomenon that immigrants who live aspects of their social, economic, and political lives in at least two settings; they establish themselves in their host countries while they continue to have political, economic, cultural, and social power in their countries of origin (dual-citizenship) |
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| the stereotyped idea that poor people usually develop a defective and deviant subculture |
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| social stratification or discrimination based on skin color |
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| the entry of 125,000 Cubans who came from Cuba to the United States in 1980 |
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| a type of syncretic religion that included aspects of both Catholicism and older African religions |
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| Asian American/Asian-Pacific American |
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| umbrella terms for Americans with ancestral roots in Asia or the Pacific Islands |
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| model minority stereotype |
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| characterizes certain Asian American groups as exemplary in socioeconomic and moral characteristics, often as compared to other people of color |
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| imperialism backed by the use or threat of military force |
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| an unwritten and unofficial policy in some organizations that limits the advancement of certain persons, usually based on their racial group or gender |
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| Korean men sent their pictures to prospective brides in their homeland. Thus, marriages were arranged on the basis of photographs, without the bride and groom having met |
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| A uniformed and stereotypical way of thinking of Asian peoples. One common stereotype about Asian Americans is that they are basically the same, physically and culturally. |
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| the generalization of solidarity among ethnic subgroups; Asian solidarity |
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| a term for Americans whose ancestry lies in any of the Middle Eastern countries |
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| umbrella term that describes people from numerous Arab countries; one major group within the larger category of Middle Eastern Americans |
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| immigrants who planned to come to the US to make some money and then return home |
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| the process whereby Arab American organizations act as cultural filters to screen out some undesirable features of US culture |
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| the idea that modern societies should include and accept diverse racial and ethnic groups with equal social and political status |
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| acceptance of a variety of cultures; stresses the importance of respecting the many groups and subcultures contributing to the US development |
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| the rigidly institutionalized system of racial segregation and social, economic, and political inequality that invaded virtually every aspect of daily life in South Africa from 1948 until the 1990s |
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| white South Africans of Dutch descent |
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| white South African speakers of the Afrikaans language |
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| the South African term for people of mixed black-white ancestry |
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| the continuation of the economic and cultural dominance of the former colonial states |
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