Unit 2 Identity Vocabulary

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disband

Back

to break up, or stop functioning

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exploit

Back

to benefit unfairly from others

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identity

Back

the personal characteristics of an individual

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integrated

Back

brought together into equal participation in a society or institution

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interchangeably

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in a way in which two or more things that can be used in each other’s place

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Latinidad

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“Latino-ness,” used to describe people of Latin American descent

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marginalized

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treated as secondary or insignificant; relegated to an unimportant or powerless position within a society or group

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matriarchy

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a social system in which women hold most or all of the power

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non-binary

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not identifying as male or female, but somewhere in between, both, or neither

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peonage

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debt slavery, in which one person forces another to pay off a debt with work