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poverty
a state in which income in is insufficient to provide the basic
necessities of food, shelter, clothing, and medical care
TERM 2
poverty level
DEFINITION 2
the minimum income level that Americans should have to
live on, based on the Department of Agriculture's
calculations of the cost of a basic diet called "the economy
food plan"
TERM 3
consumer price index
DEFINITION 3
a measure of the average change in prices of all types of
consumer goods and services purchased by urban wage
earners and clerical workers
TERM 4
ghetto
DEFINITION 4
an area in which a certain group is segregated from the rest
of society; often used today to refer the impoverished area
of the inner city
TERM 5
malnutrition
DEFINITION 5
inadequate food, in amount or type
gross national product
(GNP)
the total value, usually in dollars, of all goods and services
produced by a nation during a year
TERM 7
fallacies of the poor
DEFINITION 7
1) the poor are lazy 2) people on welfare have it good 3)
welfare is draining us 4) welfare turns people into lazy,
dependent deadbeats
TERM 8
autonomy
DEFINITION 8
the ability or opportunity to govern oneself
TERM 9
subsidy
DEFINITION 9
a government grant to a private person or company to assist
an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public
TERM 10
corporate welfare
DEFINITION 10
governmental benefits given to corporations that are
unavailable to other groups or to individuals
gender role
the attitudes and behavior that are expected of men and
women in a society
TERM 17
sexual harassment
DEFINITION 17
unwelcome sexual advantages, requests for sexual favors,
and other sexual behavior that either results in punishment
when the victim resists or creates a hostile environment or
both
TERM 18
sexism
DEFINITION 18
prejudice or discrimination against someone because of his
or her sex
TERM 19
heterosexual
DEFINITION 19
having sexual preference for persons of the opposite sex
TERM 20
homosexual
DEFINITION 20
having sexual preference for persons of the same sex;
someone who privately or overtly considers himself or
herself a homosexual
homophobia
irrational fear of homosexuals
TERM 22
bisexual
DEFINITION 22
having sexual relations with either sex or both together
TERM 23
lesbian
DEFINITION 23
a female homosexual
TERM 24
sanctions
DEFINITION 24
mechanisms of social control for enforcing a society's
standards
TERM 25
race
DEFINITION 25
a group of people distinguished from other groups by their
origin in a particular part of the world
life chances
the probability of gaining certain advantages defined as
desirable, such as long life and health
TERM 32
stealth racism
DEFINITION 32
hidden or subtle acts of prejudice and discrimination that
may be apparent only to the victim
TERM 33
institutional racism
DEFINITION 33
policies and practices of social institutions that tend to
perpetuate racial discrimination
TERM 34
exploitation
DEFINITION 34
use or manipulation of people for one's own advantage or
profit
TERM 35
prejudice
DEFINITION 35
a rigid, emotional attitude that legitimates discriminatory
behavior toward people in a group
