Cultural Conditioning
The unconscious process by which we are socialized to adopt the way of thinking of our own group. Santa Fe College Office of Diversity. Terms associated with diversity: cultural conditioning. […]
Cultural Essentialism
The practice of categorizing groups of people within culture or from other cultures according to essential qualities. Matthes, E. H. (2016). Cultural Appropriation Without Cultural Essentialism?. Social Theory & Practice, […]
Cultural Humility
The ability to maintain an interpersonal stance that is other-oriented (or open to the other) in relation to aspects of cultural identity that are most important to the [person]. Cultural […]
Cultural Pluralism
Recognition of the contribution of each group to a common civilization. It encourages the maintenance and development of different lifestyles, languages and convictions. It is a commitment to deal cooperatively […]
Culture
The shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs and affective understanding that are learned through a process of socialization. These shared patterns identify the members of a culture group […]
Culture
A social system of meaning and custom that is developed by a group of people to assure its adaptation and survival. These groups are distinguished by a set of unspoken […]
Deaf Culture
Describes the social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values and shared institutions of communities that are affected by deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of […]
Demi-Sexual
A person who does not experience sexual attraction unless they form an emotional connection.It’s more commonly seen in but by no means confined to romantic relationships. The term Demi-sexual comes […]
Denial
Refusal to acknowledge the societal privileges that are granted or denied based on an individual’s ethnicity or other grouping. Institute for Democratic Renewal and Project Change Anti-Racism Initiative. (n.d.). 15 tools […]
Diaspora
The voluntary or forcible movement of peoples from their homelands into new regions; these are people who live outside their natal (or imagined natal) territories and recognize that their traditional […]
