"CULTURE IS HOW YOU THINK, ACT, AND INTERACT.

” Brian Solis

Culture definitions:

1. culture (noun) learned behavior of people, including their languages, belief

systems, social structures, institutions, and material goods.

2. cultural identity (noun) the way a person views themselves in relation to the
learned characteristics and behaviors of a group or community.

3. cultural norms - the shared, sanctioned, and integrated systems of beliefs and
practices that characterize a cultural group

4. assimilation (noun) process by which people acquire the culture and habits of
the dominant group.

5. acculturation: the process of adopting the traits of a cultural group.

6. unconscious cultural assumptions: a reaction or response to a different culture

that is not consciously known, and which often reinforces the dominant culture's
norms.

7.Institutional/systemic racism: The way a society is structured ends up giving

advantages to some and disadvantages to others. This form of racism reflects the
cultural assumptions of the dominant group, so that the practices of that group
are seen as the norm to which other cultural practices should conform. It
regularly and systematically advantages some ethnic and cultural groups and
disadvantages and marginalizes others.

8. Cultural privilege - Since social status is conferred in many different ways -

everything from race to gender to geography- people are both privileged and non-
privileged in certain aspects of their life. Privilege is how
society accommodates you. It's about advantages you have that you think are
normal. It's about you being and feeling normal, and others being the deviation
from normal.

9. Meritocracy - a social system, society, or organization in

which people have power because of their abilities, not because
of their money or social position

10. System justification - a social psychology theory that believes humans tend to
defend the cultural norms and status quo and see overarching social, economic,
and political systems as good. fair, and legitimate.