Appendix a

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Appendix A

Part I

Define the following terms:

|Term |Definition |

|Diversity |Difference or unlikeness |

|Ethnocentrism |The tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life represent the norm or are |

| |superior to all others |

|Melting pot |Diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming a new creation a new cultural entity |

|Minority group |A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own |

| |lives than the members of a dominant or majority groups have over theirs |

|Racism |A doctrine that one race is superior |

|Social Construction of Race |This process benefits the oppressor who defines who is privileged and who is not |

|Xenophobia |Fear of people |

Part II

Answer each question in 150-250 words. Be sure to use your textbook for support”:

1. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified?

Some ways groups of people are identified are by racial groups that are set apart because of obvious physical differences with obvious and physical. Ethnic groups are also set apart from other because of their national origin or distinctive cultural patterns a good example is Latino’s and Hispanics. Religious groups association with a religion other than the dominant faith is the third basis for...