Glossary
Racism
Racism is the ranking of groups after origin, and the discrimination caused by this ranking. It can ...
Offence
To offend someone means disrespecting someone, and can be used about both actions and utterances tha...
Microaggressions
Remarks or actions pointing out a person as different or deviating, without this necessarily being t...
Transphobia
Negative attitudes and actions towards transgender individuals. To be trans means to have a gender i...
Kven people
Ethnic minority in Norway with Finnish descent and culture, especially connected to the north of Nor...
Othering
Othering is the words, actions and processes placing individuals in the category of "the other", a c...
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples are native populations who have had a connection to a specific geographical area ...
Ethnicity
Often used to refer to groups based on their origin. Today, it is also used in context of national b...
Antiziganism
Negative attitudes and actions against the minority Roma (formerly called «gypsies»), based on disti...
Diversity
Refers to a large range within something. Diversity can carry multiple meanings when used to describ...
Stigmatize
To deem something as less worth or subordinate. From the latin "stigma", meaning mark/brand. Often u...
Islamophobia
Negative attitudes and actions towards Muslims, based on conceptions of Muslims and Islam. For examp...
Empowerment
The process where a person receives power and control over their own life. Empowerment is about the ...
Intersectionality
Refers to the idea that different forms of discrimination can cross each other, work together, or ev...
Radicalization
Used about the process where individuals or groups become increasingly extreme. The Norwegian govern...
Zero tolerance
Refers to intervention of all forms of violations, but also a more general resistance against someth...
Discrimination
When someone receives unfair treatment as a result of belonging to, or being perceived to belong to,...
Anti-Semitism
Negative attitudes and actions against Jews or something perceived "Jewish", based on distinct conce...
Culture
Refers to something created by humans, opposed to nature. Culture can be used to describe the expres...
Racialization
When certain traits of a group is perceived as connected to origin, and therefor fixed. The term ref...
Hate speech
Heavily negative statements aimed at someone because of their affiliation, or assumed affiliation, w...
Epistemology
From the Greek "episteme", meaning knowledge. Epistemology is the science of knowledge and one of th...
Multicultural
Something connected to multiple cultures. Multicultural can be used to describe societies containing...
Everyday Racism
Describes all minor events, experiences and remarks confirming that someone is perceived as "the oth...
Group-focused enmity
A collective term for exclusionary attitudes towards groups of people, from racism and antisemitism ...
Prejudice
Attitudes towards people based on preconceived ideas about the group they are identified with. Preju...
Extremism
From the latin word extremus, which could be translated to "the outermost" or "the worst". Extremism...
Outsiderness
Missing connections to the rest of society. This could be applied to individuals or groups whos part...
Stereotypes
A fixed understanding of a group, based on generalizations about its members. Stereotypes are not al...
Intercultural
Refers to what is between cultures or in the encounters between cultures. It is often used as a cont...
Identity
Amongst other things, identity is used to describe who we are, what values we stand for, and who or ...
Essentialization
Based on the idea that a group has a core, an essence, representing the identity and culture of memb...