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| a view of the global economic system as divided between nations that control wealth and those that provide natural resources and labor. |
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| Conflicts between ethnic, racial, religious, and linguistic groups within nations. These conflicts replace conflicts between nations. |
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| People in the Americas of mixed European (usually Spanish) and local indigenous ancestry. |
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| The placement of people on a continuum from light to dark skin color rather than in distinct racial groupings by skin color |
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| is a fairly recent term in the United States; it is used to refer to diversity. |
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| First Nation or Aboriginal Peoples |
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| The 1.2 million native peoples of Canada are collectively referred by the government |
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| the more than 600 tribes or bands officially recognized by the government, numbering about 680,000 in 2006, of whom 40 percent live on Indian reserves |
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| The 50,485 people living in the northern part of the country, who in the past were called Eskimos |
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| Canadians of mixed Aboriginal ancestry, officially numbering 390,000 and many of whom still speak French metis. |
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| The French-speaking people of the province of Quebec in Canada. |
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| In Canada, persons other than Aboriginal or First Nation people who are non-White in racial background. |
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| slave hideaways in Brazil |
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| Notion that Brazilians of mixed ancestry can move into high-status positions. |
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| the term used there to refer to the dark end of the Brazilian color gradient and increasingly used by college-educated persons and activists in Brazil. |
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| The exile of Jews from Palestine. |
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| Traditional Jewish religious yearning to return to the biblical homeland, now used to refer to support for the state of Israel. |
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| The Palestinian uprising against Israeli authorities in the occupied territories. |
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| Palestine Liberation Organization |
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| Laws that controlled internal movement by non-Whites in South Africa. |
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| The policy of the South African government intended to maintain separation of Blacks, Coloureds, and Asians from the dominant Whites. |
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| race-based employment goals and other preference programs have been proposed, yet critics insist that such efforts constitute reverse apartheid. |
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| the nation is trying to conform the duality of private care for the affluent and government-subsidized care. |
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| Multiracial schools are replacing the apartheid system but for some, the change is occurring too fast or not fast enough. |
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| intertribal attacks have created a climate for crime, illegal gun ownership, and disrespect for law enforcement. |
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