Equity
Marginalized Identities
Privilege
-Isms
Social Justice
The “Big 8”
Equality
Multiculturalism
Prejudice
Power
Dominant Identities
Microaggressions
Diversity
Intersectionality
Promoting fairness by seeking equal outcomes and access, which may mean different treatment.
Multiple aspects of identity overlap to sometimes mitigate or sometimes amplify marginalization.
A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people within an identity category without merit.
Terms such as Racism, Ageism, Classism. These can denote individual discriminatory actions, or a system of mistreating a certain group and privileging another.
Aspects of identity (race, class, gender, age, socioeconomic status, etc.) that are generally disempowered and targeted in a given society.
Access to resources that enhance one’s chances of getting what one needs in order to lead a comfortable, productive and safe life.
Acknowledging that differences of many types exist, and those differences also lead to different levels of power and privilege. Social justice goes beyond acknowledgement, to also doing the work to build a more equitable society.
Promoting fairness by treating all persons the same.
Brief, everyday exchanges that send denigrating messages to certain individuals because of their group membership.
Acknowledging that differences of many types exist, and accepting and embracing those differences.
These are aspects of identity that are generally central to who you are. The Big 8 are Ability, Age, Ethnicity, Gender, Race, Religion, Sexual Orientation, and Class/Socioeconomic Status.
Acknowledging that differences of many types exist in society.
Aspects of identity (race, class, gender, age, socioeconomic status, etc.) that tend to hold more power and privilege in a given societal context.
A preconceived judgment about a person or group of people; usually indicating negative bias.
