Comparison on Racism

|Term |Definition |

|Ethnic group |A group of people who is identified through common traits. They can be heritage, culture, language or |

| |dialect. |

|Anti-Semitism |Hostility toward or discrimination against jews as a religious ethic or racial group. |

|Islamophobia |Extreme or irrational fear of all Islamic people. |

|Xenophobia |Intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries. |

|Persecution |The act of persecuting on the basis of race religion gender or sexual orientation. |

|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...