COLONIALISM – When a country takes control over another country.
POST COLONIALISM – Studying something in a colonized country.
DIASPORA – the dispersion or spread of people from their homeland.
BAME – UK slang that refers to minorities (asian, hispanic etc).
DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS (GILROY) – Internal conflict by subordinated groups in an oppressive society.
CULTURAL ABSOLUTISM / RACIAL ESSENTIALISM – a belief in a genetic essence that defines all members in racial categories.
CULTURAL SYNCRETISM – Different cultures merging together to make something new.
ORIENTALISM (SAID) – How we view Arab countries.
APPROPRIATION – When something sacred to someone is sexualised or made fun of (e.g. native indians of america and their culture appropriated for childrens costumes on halloween).
CULTURAL HEGEMONY – The domination of a culturally diverse society by the most popular class
THE PUBLIC SPHERE (HABERMAS) – An area in social life where individuals can come together to freely discuss and identify societal problems, and through that discussion influence political action.
THE ROLE OF PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING IN TERMS OF FAIR REPRESENTATION OF MINORITY GROUPS / INTERESTS – These public service broadcasting groups (PBS) are mostly biased when representing ethnic minority groups which can make society adopt stereotypes and misunderstandings of these ethnic minorities.
