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Great Gatsby curve - it’s a chart that is used to plot the relationship between inequality
and intergenerational social immobility within several countries across the world
Poverty Gap Index - is the measure of the average pay gap in the population
social mobility - it is a change of one social status relative to their current social
location
dissimilarity - the proper definition means ‘different’ while there the index of
dissimilarity which is a demographic measure between two groups across geographic
components
just-world fallacy - a cognitive bias that a person's actions will bring equal
consequences
Davis-Moore hypothesis - the greater the work that is done by a person should mean
that they should get a greater reward
slums - closely packed housing units that have very questionable infrastructure
tribalism - being organised in small groups called tribes that heavily believe in
supremacy of their own tribe
supremacism - the ideology that a particular class of people are superior to others and
should dominate them
reverse racism - actions that take place to reduce racism. eg . black lives matter
Eugenics - the removing of inferior genetic groups to allow for superior genetic groups
to prosper in a human population. eg . hitler found Jews to be inferior
“race traitor” - a person who is perceived ideologies or people who are against their
own race
“Passing” - a member of a group is accepted by another group other than their own
Reparations - paying back others from a great debt. eg . germany paying back the allied
forces
heteronormativity -
glass ceiling - something that prevents people of a particular gender, race, or ethnicity
to gain a higher social ranking. eg . some people can not get a promotion in the
workplace.
gender identities -
toxic masculinity - masculine behaviors that harm society and men themselves
Intersexuality -They are individuals which are born with a defect or mistake in the dna
of the ondivisual .This effects what gender class they fit into .
second-class citizen - a person who is discriminated against even though they are
normal citizens and have a legal residence
vagrant -a person who does not have a home and move from region to region
homo sacer - during the roman period when someone is banished they may be killed by
anyone but cannot be sacrificed for rituals and shit.
Burakumin - a social group at the bottom of the traditional japan social order that
oftens faces discrimination.
Vagrant - the condition of being homeless without regular employment and income.
Bitlaha -
Baptism - in christianity
Krypteia -The Crypteia or Krypteia was an ancient Spartan state institution involving young
Spartan men. Its goal and nature are still a matter of discussion and debate among
historians,
Guan li/ji li - The Guan Li is the Confucian coming of age ceremony. The name Guan Li
refers to the ceremony for men, while the Ji Li refers to the one for women. The age of the
person is usually 20 and during the ceremony, the person obtains a style name.
Seijin shiki - japanese coming of age ceremony
Chudakarana - The Chudakarana or the Mundana, is the eighth of the sixteen Hindu
saṃskāras, in which a child receives their first haircut. According to the Grhya Sutras, this
samskara should take place at the end of first year or before the expiry of the third year, but
the later authorities extend the age to the seventh year.
Aristotle - invented the idea of primary secondary and higher forms of education
John locke - born as blank slates who had to learn from outward experience and internal
reflection
Children in ancient egypt - educated to fulfil social and economic tasks, little contact
between children of different classes
Children in the netherlands lived a happy life with decent state schools, no pressure,
and no homework until 10 years ago
aesop - Aesop was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now
collectively known as Aesop's Fables.
Mechanisms of marginalisation :
Discrimination : The unjust of preductual treatment of others
especially on the basis of race, gender, cast etc .Eg the caste
system
Bonded labour - when you owe someone a debt and so you repay them
with your services
Will - a person writes a will which documents who gets their property
once they die
Au pairs - a foreign person who helps with childcare and housework for
food, pocket money, and a room/bed
House Elves : They are magical creatures in the harry potter series ,
they are forced to work in a perticular household and forced to work
for their master .Eg . dobby