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Acting white
In the United States, acting white is a pejorative term usually applied to African-Americans, which refers to a person's perceived betrayal of their culture by assuming the social expectations o...
In the United States, acting white is a pejorative term usually applied to African-Americans, which refers to a person's perceived betrayal of their culture by assuming the social expectations o...
Affirmative action
Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresente...
Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresente...
Affirmative action in the United States
In the United States, affirmative action refers to equal opportunity employment measures that Federal contractors and subcontractors are legally required to adopt.
In the United States, affirmative action refers to equal opportunity employment measures that Federal contractors and subcontractors are legally required to adopt.
Distinction (social)
Distinction is a social force that places different values on different individuals.
Distinction is a social force that places different values on different individuals.
Dominant minority
A dominant minority, also known as alien elites if they are recent immigrants, is a group that has overwhelming political, economic or cultural dominance in a country or region despite rep...
A dominant minority, also known as alien elites if they are recent immigrants, is a group that has overwhelming political, economic or cultural dominance in a country or region despite rep...
Double standard
A double standard is the unjust application of different sets of principles for similar situations.
A double standard is the unjust application of different sets of principles for similar situations.
Equality of autonomy
Equality of autonomy is a concept from political philosophy advocated by Amartya Sen which suggests that societies should strive to help individuals have an equal chance at autonomy or empowerment.
Equality of autonomy is a concept from political philosophy advocated by Amartya Sen which suggests that societies should strive to help individuals have an equal chance at autonomy or empowerment.
Equality of outcome
Equality of outcome, equality of condition, or equality of results is a controversial political concept.
Equality of outcome, equality of condition, or equality of results is a controversial political concept.
Feminist ethics
Feminist ethics is an approach to ethics that builds on the belief that traditionally ethical theorising has under-valued and/or under-appreciated women's moral experience and it therefore choos...
Feminist ethics is an approach to ethics that builds on the belief that traditionally ethical theorising has under-valued and/or under-appreciated women's moral experience and it therefore choos...
Horizontal inequality
Horizontal inequality is the inequality — economical, social or other — that does not follow from a difference in an inherent quality such as intelligence, attractiveness or skills for people or...
Horizontal inequality is the inequality — economical, social or other — that does not follow from a difference in an inherent quality such as intelligence, attractiveness or skills for people or...
Hypergamy
Hypergamy is the act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status, or caste status than oneself.
Hypergamy is the act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status, or caste status than oneself.
Inequality in disease
This article discusses social inequality in the United States and its effects on individual health, and more specifically likelihood of developing diseases.
This article discusses social inequality in the United States and its effects on individual health, and more specifically likelihood of developing diseases.
Inequality in the workplace
Inequality in the workplace is an extremely conventional issue.
Inequality in the workplace is an extremely conventional issue.
Inequality within immigrant families (United States)
Inequality within immigrant families refers to instances in which members of the same family have differing access to resources.
Inequality within immigrant families refers to instances in which members of the same family have differing access to resources.
Kyriarchy
Kyriarchy is a neologism coined by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza to describe interconnected, interacting, and multiplicative systems of domination and submission, within which a person oppressed ...
Kyriarchy is a neologism coined by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza to describe interconnected, interacting, and multiplicative systems of domination and submission, within which a person oppressed ...
Marginalization
In sociology, marginalisation, or marginalization, is the social process of becoming or being relegated to the fringe of society e.g.; "the marginalization of the underclass", "marginalisa...
In sociology, marginalisation, or marginalization, is the social process of becoming or being relegated to the fringe of society e.g.; "the marginalization of the underclass", "marginalisa...
Model minority
Model minority refers to a minority ethnic, racial, or religious group whose members achieve a higher degree of success than the population average.
Model minority refers to a minority ethnic, racial, or religious group whose members achieve a higher degree of success than the population average.
Petit bourgeoisie
Petit-bourgeois or petty bourgeois is a term that originally referred to the members of the lower middle social classes in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Petit-bourgeois or petty bourgeois is a term that originally referred to the members of the lower middle social classes in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Petite bourgeoisie
Petit-bourgeois or petty bourgeois is a term that originally referred to the members of the lower middle social classes in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Petit-bourgeois or petty bourgeois is a term that originally referred to the members of the lower middle social classes in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Race (classification of humans)
Race is a classification as the gay system used to categorize humans into large and distinct populations or groups by heritable phenotypic characteristics, geographic ancestry, physical appearan...
Race is a classification as the gay system used to categorize humans into large and distinct populations or groups by heritable phenotypic characteristics, geographic ancestry, physical appearan...
Race (human classification)
Race is a classification system used to categorize humans into large and distinct populations or groups by heritable phenotypic characteristics, geographic ancestry, physical appearance, and eth...
Race is a classification system used to categorize humans into large and distinct populations or groups by heritable phenotypic characteristics, geographic ancestry, physical appearance, and eth...
Race and ethnicity in Latin America
The conceptualization of Race and ethnicity in Latin America is complex.
The conceptualization of Race and ethnicity in Latin America is complex.
Race in the United States criminal justice system
Unbalanced incarceration by race in the United States criminal justice system is mostly caused by a racial imbalance in criminal activities.
Unbalanced incarceration by race in the United States criminal justice system is mostly caused by a racial imbalance in criminal activities.
Racial achievement gap in the United States
The Racial Achievement Gap in the United States refers to the educational disparities between minority students and Caucasian students.
The Racial Achievement Gap in the United States refers to the educational disparities between minority students and Caucasian students.
Racial hierarchy
Racial hierarchy is defined as a system of stratification that focuses on the belief that some racial groups are either superior or inferior to other racial groups.
Racial hierarchy is defined as a system of stratification that focuses on the belief that some racial groups are either superior or inferior to other racial groups.
Racial inequality in the American criminal justice system
Racial inequality in the American criminal justice system is mostly caused by a racial imbalance in decisions to charge criminal defendants with crimes requiring a mandatory minimum prison sente...
Racial inequality in the American criminal justice system is mostly caused by a racial imbalance in decisions to charge criminal defendants with crimes requiring a mandatory minimum prison sente...
Ruling class
The term ruling class refers to the social class of a given society that decides upon and sets that society's political policy by assuming there is one such particular class in the given society.
The term ruling class refers to the social class of a given society that decides upon and sets that society's political policy by assuming there is one such particular class in the given society.
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1 (1973), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States reversed a Texas three-judge District Court.
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1 (1973), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States reversed a Texas three-judge District Court.
Second-class citizen
Second-class citizen is an informal term used to describe a person who is systematically discriminated against within a state or other political jurisdiction, despite their nominal status as a c...
Second-class citizen is an informal term used to describe a person who is systematically discriminated against within a state or other political jurisdiction, despite their nominal status as a c...
Serrano v. Priest
Serrano v. Priest refers to three cases decided by the California Supreme Court: Serrano v. Priest, 5 Cal.3d 584 (1971) (Serrano I); Serrano v. Priest, 18 Cal.3d 728 (1976) (Se...
Serrano v. Priest refers to three cases decided by the California Supreme Court: Serrano v. Priest, 5 Cal.3d 584 (1971) (Serrano I); Serrano v. Priest, 18 Cal.3d 728 (1976) (Se...
Social equity
There are multiple definitions of social equity as it is a new term; each industry has seemed to take on a different connotation.
There are multiple definitions of social equity as it is a new term; each industry has seemed to take on a different connotation.
Social inequality
Social inequality refers to a situation in which individual groups in a society do not have equal social status, social class, and social circle.
Social inequality refers to a situation in which individual groups in a society do not have equal social status, social class, and social circle.
Social inequity aversion
Inequity is injustice or unfairness or an instance of either of the two.
Inequity is injustice or unfairness or an instance of either of the two.
Social injustice
Social injustice is a concept relating to the claimed unfairness or injustice of a society in its divisions of rewards and burdens and other incidental inequalities.
Social injustice is a concept relating to the claimed unfairness or injustice of a society in its divisions of rewards and burdens and other incidental inequalities.
Social interpretations of race
Social interpretations of race regard the common categorizations of people into different races, often with biologist tagging of particular "racial" attributes beyond mere anatomy, as more socia...
Social interpretations of race regard the common categorizations of people into different races, often with biologist tagging of particular "racial" attributes beyond mere anatomy, as more socia...
Stereotype threat
A stereotype threat is the experience of anxiety or concern in a situation where a person has the potential to confirm a negative stereotype about their social group.
A stereotype threat is the experience of anxiety or concern in a situation where a person has the potential to confirm a negative stereotype about their social group.
Structural inequality
Structural inequality is defined as a condition where one category of people are attributed an unequal status in relation to other categories of people.
Structural inequality is defined as a condition where one category of people are attributed an unequal status in relation to other categories of people.
Structural inequality in education
Structural inequality has been identified as the bias that is built into the structure of organizations, institutions, governments or, social networks.
Structural inequality has been identified as the bias that is built into the structure of organizations, institutions, governments or, social networks.
The Racial Achievement Gap in the United States
The Racial Achievement Gap in the United States refers to the educational disparities between minority students and white students.
The Racial Achievement Gap in the United States refers to the educational disparities between minority students and white students.
The Superclass List
The Superclass List is a creation of David Rothkopf which his book Superclass: The Global Power Elite and The World They Are Making (publ.
The Superclass List is a creation of David Rothkopf which his book Superclass: The Global Power Elite and The World They Are Making (publ.
VIP syndrome
VIP syndrome is a term used to describe a situation when a perceived VIP uses his or her status to influence a given professional to make unorthodox decisions under the pressure or presence of t...
VIP syndrome is a term used to describe a situation when a perceived VIP uses his or her status to influence a given professional to make unorthodox decisions under the pressure or presence of t...
Wetback (slur)
"Wetback" is derogatory term used in the United States of America for a person of any foreign nationality, the usual being a Mexican or other citizen of Latin America, who is an illegal immigran...
"Wetback" is derogatory term used in the United States of America for a person of any foreign nationality, the usual being a Mexican or other citizen of Latin America, who is an illegal immigran...