Human Rights Flashcards
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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- A list of 30 articles including rights that everyone should have
- these rights included right to equality, freedom from discrimination, and more
- N saveot everyone gets these rights but everyone should.
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United Nations
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- Making efforts to keep peace and security around the world
- Making teamwork between countries so they can make more advancements and solve problems in many areas.
- Originated in 1945
- Currently, there are 193 member countries, but originally, there were 51.
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Pyramid of Hate
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- A ranking to compare how hate can grow from being biased behaviors to violence and even genocide.
- There are 5 levels,
Genocide
Bias Motivated Violence
Discrimination
Acts of Bias
Bias Attitudes
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Indian Removal Act
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- Act made to get the Chicksaws,
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Trail of Tears
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- The forced exile of Native Americans in Eastern States
- Many Native Americans died on this journey because of disease, harsh weather, frostbite, and starvation
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Andrew Jackson
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- Wanted to force Indians off of their land
- Indians would not go down without a fight
- Created the Indian Removal Act in 1830
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Discrimination
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- Acting on your biased opinions
- Ex: “I am not going to let anyone who has pink hair sit next to me at lunch”
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Prejudice
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- An unfair idea about someone without any proof or evidence.
- Ex: I don’t like people with pink hair
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Bias
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- When things or people are compared or treated in an unfair way
- Ex- Prejudice, Discrimination, Stereotypes
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Stereotypes
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-an unfair assumption of someone just because of their differences
- Ex: people with pink hair are mean
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Apartheid
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- From Afrikaans meaning “separateness”
- system of racial segregation
- series of restrictive laws
- institutional racism favored white ruling parties over others
- in South Africa
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Segregation
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- the act of separating one group apart from others
- Racial segregation was common in the past in America, South Africa, and more.
- Even though the world isn’t perfect today, there has been some major improvements.
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Nelson Mandela
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- nonviolent protest
- 20 spent 27 years in prison
- was elected president of South Africa in 1994
- Won Nobel Peace Prize in 1993
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F.W. de Klerk
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- state president of South Africa
- served as a president from 1989 to 1994
-also won Nobel Peace Prize in 1993
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African National Congress
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-begin fighting apartheid in 1950s
- their goal was to increase the rights of black people
- they eventually declared illegal members arrested in prison
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Robben Island
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ask for help
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political cartoon
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- uses humor,ism, analogy, exaggeration, and irony to stay in opinion or examine a topic
- reflects on the cartoonist values or opinions
Includes - visual with some words
- symbolism
- satire
- caricature- exaggeration
- message ( can be serious, can be political)
- can use pop culture
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patriotism
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ask for help
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nationalism
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ask for help
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World War I
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ask for help
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world war ll
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ask for help
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The National Socialist German Workers Party
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ask for help
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Holocaust
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- Systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators
- Greek word meaning “Sacrifice by fire”
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genocide
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- the deliberate killing of a large group of people just because of their race, nationality, religion, and more.
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concentration camp
- a place where a large groups of Jewish prisoners were kept in harsh unhealthy environments
- during the Holocaust
- people often died in these caps
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hate crime
I hate crime is a crime motivated by bias against race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
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