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Annexation

The adding of territory to a larger state typically through force or treaty

Apartheid

A policy or system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa.

Black Lives Matter

A movement advocating for the rights and equality of Black individuals, focusing on combating systemic racism and violence against Black communities.

Block Busting

The practice of persuading homeowners to sell their properties at low prices by instilling fear of an influx of minorities into the neighborhood, often leading to segregation.

Census

A systematic process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting demographic data about a population, typically conducted every ten years in the United States. (Total data count of a place)

Centripetal Force 

 a factor that pulls a country together, promoting unity, stability, and cohesion among its people

Centrifugal Force

a factor that divides a state or country, pushing its people apart and weakening national unity

​Core/Periphery Model

A model which divides the world into three tiers of development: core, semi-periphery, and periphery

Ethnic Cleansing

A purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic area

Ethnic Enclave

a geographic area, often within a city, where a particular ethnic group is concentrated, maintaining their cultural identity, language, and traditions

Ethnicity

Identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth.

Ethnoburb

a suburban area with a significant cluster of a particular ethnic population, representing a modern form of ethnic community that differs from traditional urban enclaves.

Ethnophobia

Fear of people of a particular ethnicity.

Geonocide

• The mass killing of a group of people in an attempt to eliminate the entire group from existence.

Nationalism

Loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality.

Nationality

Identity with a group of people who share legal attachment to a particular country.

Race

Identity with a group of people who are perceived to share a physiological trait, such as skin color.

Racism

• The belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.

Racist

A person who subscribes to the beliefs of racism.

Redlining

A process by which financial institutions draw red-colored lines on a map and refuse to lend money for people to purchase or improve property within the lines.

Sharecropper

A person who works fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent and repays the loans by turning over to the landowner a share of the crops.

Triangular Slave Trade

A practice, primarily during the eighteenth century, in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to Caribbean islands, molasses from the Caribbean to Europe, and trade goods from Europe to Africa.

Xenophobia

Fear of people who are from other countries.