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Appendix D
Part I
Define the following terms:
|Term |Definition |
|Ethnic group |People of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture. |
|Anti-Semitism |The intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people. |
|Islamophobia |Extreme or irrational fear of all Islamic persons. |
|Xenophobia |Intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries. |
|Persecution |The act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion). |
|Religious group |Individuals involved with or employed in religious denominations or organized religious groups such as |
| |churches |
Part II
Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below.
• Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf)
o Christianity
• Evangelical Protestant
• Mainline Protestant
• Historically Black Churches
• Roman Catholic
• Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)
• Jehovah’s Witnesses
• Orthodox (Greek, Eastern)
o Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform)
o Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana)
o Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism)
o Hinduism
• Racial/Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents)
o Asian (Asian descent)
o Black (African descent)
o Hispanic and Latino (South or Central American descent)
o Pacific Islander (Polynesian...