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PSYC 5360: Cultural Psychology: Keywords/ Vocabulary

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RACE/ CULTURE/ETHNICITY

LATINO

AFRICAN AMERICA

ASIAN

AMERICAN

NATIVE AMERICAN

WHITE

Native Hawaiian/Pacific

UNKNOWN

NON-RESIDENT

MORE THAN ONE RACE

Others

Hispanic

Black

JAPANESE AMERICAN

American Indian

Caucasian

 

orphans

non-citizen

mixed

immigrant

South American

 

Chinese American

 CHEROKEE

German American

islander

homeless

international

bi-racial/biracial

refugee- disaster, war-time etc

Central American

 

 

 IROQUIS

 Irish American

 

patient in hospital

alien

TWO RACE

sponsored

Spanish

 

 

 

 

 

Baby left at fire station

 

multi-race

European

Mexican

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

multicultural

Ethnicity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cross-

Race

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nationality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Culture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Language

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other:

Gender

Orientation

 

 

 

 

 

 

female

transgender

 

 

 

 

 

 

male

Sex preference

           

 

Terms to consider:  First generation vs. First generation college student….. CITIZEN, NON-CITIZEN, minority… depends on dates and generation to which or of which one is speaking/ addressing.  "Race refers to a person's physical characteristics, such as bone structure and skin, hair, or eye color. Ethnicity, however, refers to cultural factors, including nationality, regional culture, ancestry, and language. An example of race is brown, white, or black skin (all from various parts of the world), while an example of ethnicity is German or Spanish ancestry (regardless of race). "  From http://www.diffen.com/difference/Ethnicity_vs_Race...

Interesting sites:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/20/us/hispanics-in-the-u-s-/

http://www.census.gov/2010census/

https://www.census.gov/topics/population.html