CONCEPT of ETHNIC RELATIONS

1. Assimilation - The process whereby a minority group gradually adapts to the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture and customs.
2. Nation - A nation is a group of people who share culture, ethnic origin and language, often possessing or seeking its own independent government.
3. Pluralism - When small groups within a larger society maintain their unique cultural identities.
4. Centrism - The ideal or the practice of promoting moderate policies that lie between different political extremes.
5. Discrimination - A sociological term referring to the treatment taken toward or against a person of a certain group in consideration based solely on class or category.
6. Accommodation - A dwelling or place of temporary residence.
7. Racism - Is the belief that the genetic factors which constitute race are a primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.
8. Stereotype - A commonly held public belief about specific social groups or types of individuals.
9. Prejudice - Judgment made without recourse to reason.
10. Acculturation - The exchange of cultural features that results when groups of individuals having different cultures come into continuous first hand contact.
11. Enculturation - The process by which a person learns the requirements of the culture by which he or she is surrounded.
12. Segregation - Separation of different kinds of living things.