Emigration
The act of leaving one’s own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad. See also immigration. Emigration (n.d.). In Oxford Dictionaries Online, Retrieved February 19, 2016, from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/emigration.
Empowerment
When target group members refuse to accept the dominant ideology and their subordinate status and take actions to redistribute social power more equitably. Adams, M., Bell, L. A., and Griffin, […]
Equity
The proactive reinforcement of policies, practices, attitudes and actions that produce equitable power, access, opportunities, treatment, impacts and outcomes for all. Applied Research Center. (2009). Catalytic change: Lessons learned from […]
Ethnicity
A dynamic set of historically derived and institutionalized ideas and practices that (1) allows people to identify or to be identified with groupings of people based on presumed (and usually […]
Ethnocentrism
The belief that one group is right and must be protected and defended. The negative aspect involves blatant assertion of personal and cultural superiority. Santa Fe College Office of Diversity. […]
