1. Some Terms to Know

2. Freedom the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint the state of not being imprisoned, enslaved, or subject to foreign domination or despotic government

3. The Declaration of Independence

4. Equality the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability

5. The Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

6. Liberty the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved the power or scope to act as one pleases

8. Justice the quality of being just, fair, and impartial the process or result of using laws to fairly judge and punish crimes and criminals the principle of moral rightness; decency

9. Justice League

11. Prejudice a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience a hostile opinion about some person or class of persons A negative attitude that is socially learned and is usually grounded in misconception, misunderstanding, and inflexible generalizations

13. Bias prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something.

14. Bigotry intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself a state of mind where a person strongly and unfairly dislikes other people because of their personal beliefs, race, religion, national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or other group characteristics

15. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow- mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of man and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” - Mark Twain, The Innocent Abroad/Roughing It

16. Stereotype a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment

21. Discrimination the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex prejudiced or prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment

22. Racism the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior

25. Racial Profiling the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials (police, airport security, etc.) of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual's race, ethnicity, religion or national origin

27. Sexism prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex sexism is both discrimination based on gender and the attitudes, stereotypes, and the cultural elements that promote this discrimination.

30. Homophobia unreasonable fear of, dislike of, prejudice against, or antipathy toward homosexuality or homosexual people encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay, bisexual, of transgender (LGBT) can be expressed as antipathy, contempt, prejudice, aversion, or hatred, and may be based on irrational fear; sometimes related to religious beliefs

32. Affirmative Action an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination a term referring to various government policies that aim to increase the proportion of African- Americans, women, and other minorities in jobs and educational institutions historically dominated by white men

34. BELIEFS Prejudice Stereotypes Racism Sexism Homophobia Hypocrisy ACTIONS Discrimination Racial Profiling Civil Disobedience Affirmative Action Harassment Hate Crimes

35. Civil Rights the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality a broad range of privileges and rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and subsequent amendments and laws that guarantee fundamental freedoms to all individuals, especially citizens

37. Civil Disobedience the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands of a government, or of an occupying international power, as a peaceful form of political protest refusal to obey a law as a result of moral objections, especially through passive resistance

42. Nonviolence the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change the policy, practice, or technique of refraining from the use of violence, especially when reacting to or protesting against oppression, injustice, discrimination, or the like

44. Status Quo Latin for “existing state” the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues the way things are

45. High School Musical “No, no, no, Stick to the stuff you know If you wanna be cool Follow one simple rule Don't mess with the flow, no no Stick to the status quo”

46. Equity the quality of being fair, just, and impartial justice achieved not simply according to the strict letter of the law but in accordance with principles of substantial justice and the unique facts of the case

48. Harassment the act of systematic and/or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group, including threats and demands aggressive pressure or intimidation to annoy persistently; to create an unpleasant or hostile situation for especially by uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct

50. Hate Crime any of various crimes when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a particular group (as one based on race, color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation) incidents may involve physical assault, damage to property, bullying, harassment, verbal abuse or insults, or offensive graffiti or letters ( hate mail)

51. Emmett Till (1941-1955)

54. Hypocrisy the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess not “practicing what you preach” “talking the talk, but not walking the walk”

57. Segregation the separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area, by barriers to social intercourse, by separate educational facilities, or by other discriminatory means the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment

58. Jim Crow Laws

59. Integration forming, coordinating, or blending into a functioning or unified whole; uniting the free association of people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds a goal of the civil rights movement to overcome policies of segregation that have been practiced in the United States

60. Brown vs. Board of Education

61. Lip Service an avowal of advocacy, adherence, or allegiance expressed in words but not backed by deeds — usually used with pay (ie. to pay lip service to a topic or issue) giving approval or support insincerely saying something but not really meaning it, often like “kissing-up”

63. White Privilege a term for societal privileges that benefit white people in western countries beyond what is commonly experienced by the non-white people under the same social, political, or economic circumstances these privileges are unearned and are distributed based on values of the dominant group, which in the west is white people the term denotes both obvious and less obvious passive advantages that white persons may not recognize they have, which distinguishes it from overt bias or prejudice