Appendix D Race and Religion
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Appendix D
Part I
Define the following terms:
|Term |Definition |
|Ethnic group |People of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture. |
|Anti-Semitism |People that discriminate against or are prejudiced to Jewish people. |
|Islamophobia |Hatred of or fear of Muslims or their politics or culture. |
|Xenophobia |The irrational fear of people from other countries. |
|Persecution |The act of persecuting especially based on race or religion. |
|Religious group |Individuals involved with or employed in religious denominations or organized religious groups such as |
| |churches. |
Part II
Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below.
• Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf)
o Christianity
• Evangelical Protestant • Mainline Protestant • Historically Black Churches • Roman Catholic • Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) • Jehovah’s Witnesses • Orthodox (Greek, Eastern)
o Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform) o Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana) o Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism) o Hinduism
• Racial/Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents)
o Asian (Asian descent) o Black (African descent) o Hispanic and Latino (South or Central American descent) o Pacific Islander (Polynesian
Appendix D
Part I
Define the following terms:
|Term |Definition |
|Ethnic group |People of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture. |
|Anti-Semitism |People that discriminate against or are prejudiced to Jewish people. |
|Islamophobia |Hatred of or fear of Muslims or their politics or culture. |
|Xenophobia |The irrational fear of people from other countries. |
|Persecution |The act of persecuting especially based on race or religion. |
|Religious group |Individuals involved with or employed in religious denominations or organized religious groups such as |
| |churches. |
Part II
Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below.
• Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf)
o Christianity
• Evangelical Protestant • Mainline Protestant • Historically Black Churches • Roman Catholic • Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) • Jehovah’s Witnesses • Orthodox (Greek, Eastern)
o Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform) o Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana) o Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism) o Hinduism
• Racial/Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents)
o Asian (Asian descent) o Black (African descent) o Hispanic and Latino (South or Central American descent) o Pacific Islander (Polynesian
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