1. Culture:
- The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
- The behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that people accept and pass on from generation to generation.
2. Ethnicity:
- A social group that shares a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or history.
- A group of people who identify with each other based on shared ancestral, social, cultural, or national experience.
3. Diversity:
- The quality of being different or varied.
- The inclusion of individuals representing different races, genders, religions, nationalities, ethnicities, sexual orientations, socioeconomic backgrounds, and other differences in a group or organization.
4. Race:
- A socially constructed category of people who share physical characteristics, such as skin color, hair texture, and facial features.
- A grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society.
5. Cultural:
- Relating to the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
- Relating to the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that people accept and pass on from generation to generation.
6. Pluralism:
- The coexistence of diverse groups in a society, where each group retains its own identity and cultural traditions.
- A state of society in which members of diverse ethnic, racial, religious, or social groups maintain their individuality while coexisting peacefully with others.
7. Acculturation:
- The process of cultural and psychological change that results from contact between two or more cultures.
- The process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group, often the dominant culture.
8. Enculturation:
- The process by which individuals learn and adopt the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols of their own culture.
- The process of acquiring the culture of one's society, usually as a child, through socialization and education.