Social Identity Cards

Religious Worldview

Often as simple as identifying with a particular religion, but as complicated as determining belief in supernatural powers, sacred vs. non-sacred items, belief in an after life.

Gender Identity

Persons innate sense of their gender.

Ethnicity

Identified by ancestral backgrounds which may or not be associated with countries.

Nationality

Being a citizen of a particular nation or country.

Social Class

Groups of people determined by money, shared values, education,n levels, ETC.

Ability Status

Ones physical or mental ability to preform tasks.

Sex Orientation

A persons identity in relation to the gender or genders to which they are sexually attracted; the fact of being heterosexual. homosexual, bisexual, etc.

Race

Often defied by biological characteristics yet simplistically reduced to continents or colors.

Cultural Hegemony

Dominance of the culture of the ruling class in a culturally diverse society’ the cultural elements and worldview of the ruling class become the accepted cultural norm.

Prejudice

Preconceived opinions of someone with no reason or experience; prejudgment.

Stereotype

A widely held but fixed and oversimplified idea of a person or thing.

Dehumanization

The act of taking away someones human qualities

Cycles of oppression

If given the chances, the oppressed will often become the oppressor.

Ethnocentrism

Judging other cultures through the lens of your own.

Cultural Relativism

The idea that different cultures are equal and valid.

Immigration

Arriving to a new country (often with the intent to stay).

Emmigration

Leaving a country of origin.

Migration

Moving around from place to place.

Push/Pull factors

Reasons why people leave their country and reasons why people are drawn to a new country.

Push Factor

Hard conditions, not safe, war , famine, lack of oppression/resources, oppressed Gov.

Pull Factor

Better education, better opportunities, explore, jobs, freedom/civil rights/liberties, family.

Xenophobia

Fear of Foreigners

Nativism

the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

Intersectionality

A sociological frame work that explore how social identities overlap and create unique experiences of discrimination and privilege.

Caricature

A drawing that makes someone look funny or foolish because some part of the persons appearance is exaggerated.

Slur

A derogatory or insulting term applied to a particular group of people (I.e. racial slur, ethnic slur).

Cultural Representation

How cultures, identities, and experiences are portrayed in media and society.

cultural assimilation

When a cultural group adapts the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group (often dominant culture).

Cultural appropriation

When members of a majority group adapt cultural elements of a minority group in an exploitative, disrespectful, or stereotypical way.

Religious Worldview

Secular

Non-religious

Non-Secular

Religious

Religion

The belief in and worship of a superhuman power, especially a god or gods.

Philosophy

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality and existence, especially as an academic discipline.

Difference between religion and philosophy

They both attempt to answer the big question in life, religions accomplish this with deity, philosophies don’t.

Deism (Deist)

the belief in the existence of God, but not necessarily a religion associated with it.

Atheism

The belief that there is no higher power or God.

Agnosticism

The idea that there may or may not be a higher power or God.

Civil Liberties

Protects you from the government. (Bill of rights)

Civil Right

Right that protects you from other people. (Found in constitution)

Bill of Rights

First ten amendments

Social Identity

A person’s sense of who they are based on their group membership(s).