Eth 125 Appendix a

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Appendix A

Part I

Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings:

|Term |Definition |

|Diversity |Differences within the same group or organization. |

|Ethnocentrism |The tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life 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 do the members of a dominant or majority group. |

|Emigration |Leaving a country to settle in another. |

|Immigration |Coming into a new country as a permanent resident. |

|Culture |The total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the |

| |shared bases of social action. |

Part II

Answer each question in 250 to 350 words:

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

Some ways that groups of people are identified can be totally different. First one I can think of is personal appearance. The way they can be defined by personal appearance would be such as skin color, hair color, eye color, and characteristics. This is such as black, white, red, brown, blonde, brown, black, grey, blue, and so forth is all different kinds of ways people can be identified....