Civil rights vocabulary
- 9. Prejudice: Judging someone or having an idea about them before you actually know anything about them.
- 11. Stereotype: to categorize individuals or groups according to an oversimplified standardized image or idea.
- 12. Racial profiling: being singled out as a suspect because of the way a person looks.
- 13. Hate crimes: acts of violence based on a person’s race, color, national origin, gender, or disability.
- 15. Tolerance: to respect others’ beliefs, practices, and differences without sharing them.