Glossary

Patriotism

Patriotism means love and devotion for one’s country, yet knowing your boundaries. For example, supporting your country but not if they’re in the wrong.

Nationalism

Nationalism also means love and devotion for one’s country but having no boundaries. For example, supporting your country even if their perspective is wrong.

Sensationalism

Sensationalism means writing fake headlines or fake stories and publishing them to be true. It’s used to excite an audience.

Propaganda

Germany’s ‘final solution’

The final solution refers to the genocide of Jewish during World War 2. It put an end to policies aimed at encouraging or forcing Jews to leave the German Reich.

Eugenics/Racial Hygiene

Eugenics or racial hygiene (Rassenhygiene) was a scientific movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Gender

Gender refers to characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed.

Social Construct

A social construct is something that does not really exist in objective reality, but it exist because humans agree that it exists.

Systemic Racism

Systemic racism is a form of racism that is implanted through laws and regulations within society or an organisation.

Unconscious Bias

Unconscious bias refers to a bias that we are unaware of. It happens when our brains make quick judgments of people and situations without us realising.