https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/white-white/
White, white – Diversity Style Guide
People who share a lineage that can be traced directly or indirectly to Europe. Don’t use Caucasian. There has been much discussion about whether the w in...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/arab-american-american-arab/
Arab American, American Arab – Diversity Style Guide
A U.S. citizen or permanent resident who traces his or her ancestry to, or who immigrated from, Arabic-speaking places in the Middle East (southwestern Asia...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/female-feminine-pronouns-male-masculine-pronouns/
female/feminine pronouns, male/masculine pronouns – Diversity Style Guide
Not all people who use she/her are women, and not all people who use he/him are men. Instead use: pronouns, she/her pronouns, he/him pronouns
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/aunt-jemima/
Aunt Jemima – Diversity Style Guide
Born a slave in 1834, Nancy Green became the advertising world’s first living trademark as Aunt Jemima. Working as a domestic in Chicago, Green was contracted...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/belonging/
belonging – Diversity Style Guide
A sense of fitting in or feeling you are accepted by a group; feeling valued and respected by others in a workplace, group, society, etc. This term is...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/immigrant/
immigrant – Diversity Style Guide
Similar to reporting about a person’s race, mentioning that a person is a first-generation immigrant could be used to provide readers or viewers with...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/lgbtglbtlgbtqlgbtqqia/
LGBT/GLBT/LGBTQ/LGBTQ+/LGBTQQIA* – Diversity Style Guide
LGBT is an abbreviation for “lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.” The Q in LGBTQ can stand for either questioning (still exploring one’s sexuality) or...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/androphilic-gynephilic/
androphilic, gynephilic – Diversity Style Guide
An attraction to males or masculinity (andro) or females or femininity (gyne). Alternative terms used in place of homosexual or heterosexual so as to avoid...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/bible-belt/
Bible Belt – Diversity Style Guide
Areas of the United States that are noted for a prevalence of strict evangelical Christian teachings, particularly in the South and Midwest. Writer H.L....
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/native-american-native/
Native American, Native – Diversity Style Guide
Native American and American Indian are both generally acceptable and can be used interchangeably, although individuals may have a preference. Native American...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/sanskrit/
Sanskrit – Diversity Style Guide
Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages in the world that is still being used. It is the root for many other languages, including Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil,...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/obituaries/
obituaries (LGBT) – Diversity Style Guide
When reporting survivors, list partners of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender deceased in an order equivalent to spouses of heterosexual deceased.
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/neo-paganism/
neo-paganism – Diversity Style Guide
A term used to describe contemporary paganism, as opposed to ancient paganism. Some groups or individuals describe themselves as “pagan” because they trace...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/mulatto/
mulatto – Diversity Style Guide
A person who has a white parent and a black parent. Avoid using term; considered to be insensitive. Better to use biracial. See biracial.
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/veiling/
veiling – Diversity Style Guide
This is a religious practice, related to Islam, and not a specifically Arab tradition. While some say that veiling denigrates women, many women who dress this...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/dyke/
dyke – Diversity Style Guide
Originally a pejorative term for a lesbian, it is now being reclaimed by some lesbians. Offensive when used as an epithet. Use only if there is a compelling...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/black-diaspora/
Black diaspora – Diversity Style Guide
See African diaspora.
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/kosher/
kosher – Diversity Style Guide
In Judaism, refers to ritually pure food prepared in accordance with Jewish dietary laws. Lowercase in all references. Kashrut is the term for Jewish dietary...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/militant/
militant – Diversity Style Guide
Commonly used to describe an aggressive activist working for a cause; a person eager to engage in a struggle to achieve his or her goal; can be used to mean...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/gender-affirming-care-transition-related-medical-care/
gender-affirming care/transition-related medical care – Diversity Style Guide
A broad term for health care transgender people may pursue, including counseling, hormone replacement therapy, and surgical treatments. Not all transgender...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/schizo-schizoid/
schizo, schizoid – Diversity Style Guide
Avoid. Slang words derived from schizophrenic and generally used inaccurately, to mean “of two minds.” Instead of using schizophrenia (or its derivatives) to...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/colonialism/
colonialism – Diversity Style Guide
The European Age of Exploration that began in the 16th century led, for good and ill, to the subjugation of less technologically advanced peoples as European...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/kashrut/
Kashrut – Diversity Style Guide
The body of Jewish law dealing with what foods observant Jews can and cannot eat and how those foods must be prepared and eaten, according to Judaism 101....
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/injuryinjuries/
injury/injuries – Diversity Style Guide
The word injury is commonly used to describe any harm, damage or impairment to an individual as the result of an accident or other event. Refer to injuries as...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/male-to-female-mtf-female-to-male-ftm/
male-to-female (MtF), female-to-male (FtM) – Diversity Style Guide
These terms used to be a common way to describe a trans person. In recent years, they’ve come to be considered outdated and sometimes offensive descriptors....
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/arab/
Arab – Diversity Style Guide
Refers to nation or people from an Arabic-speaking country. Not synonymous with Muslim. When referring to events in a specific country, name the country,...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/tiananmen-square/
Tiananmen Square – Diversity Style Guide
The vast public square at the center of Beijing, capital of China. In 1989, as many as a million protesters, led by students, demonstrated in favor of...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/reparations/
reparations – Diversity Style Guide
Reparations are made to right past wrongs. They are often payments. The United States has paid more than $1.5 billion to settle claims made by black farmers in...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/suicide-bombing/
suicide bombing – Diversity Style Guide
Use of explosives carried to a target on the body of the attacker or in a vehicle operated by him or her. Especially fearsome attack because the attacker...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/stereotypes/
stereotypes – Diversity Style Guide
The word comes from the ancient Greek for “fixed impression.” Walter Lippmann (1889-1974), an American journalist, popularized the word, a printing-press term,...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/methodist-episcopal-church/
Methodist Episcopal Church – Diversity Style Guide
American Protestant denomination whose initial progress in ministering to black Americans was thwarted by segregationist policies. The term Methodist...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/south-asian/
South Asian – Diversity Style Guide
This collective term refers to people from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Desi American is a term commonly...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/african-american-african-american-black-2/
African American, African-American, Black, black – Diversity Style Guide
People in the United States who share a lineage that can be traced directly or indirectly to Africa. African American and Black are both generally acceptable...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/negro-national-anthem/
Negro National Anthem – Diversity Style Guide
This began as the 1899 poem Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson. Set to music by Johnson’s brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, this became known as the...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/seropositive/
seropositive – Diversity Style Guide
Synonymous with HIV-positive. See HIV.
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/homosexual/
homosexual – Diversity Style Guide
As a noun, a person who is attracted to members of the same sex. As an adjective, of or relating to sexual and affectional attraction to a member of the same...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/dharma/
dharma – Diversity Style Guide
Pronounced “DAHR-muh.” The mode of conduct for an individual that is most conducive to spiritual advancement. It includes universal human values as well as...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/misgender/
misgender – Diversity Style Guide
The act of referring to someone by the wrong gender. This may involve using incorrect pronouns or using gender-specific words that don’t conform to the...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/high-holy-days/
High Holy Days – Diversity Style Guide
The High Holy Days are the 10-day period beginning with Rosh Hashanah, which marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year, and ending with Yom Kippur, the Day of...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/lent/
Lent – Diversity Style Guide
The period of penance and fasting preceding Easter, the Christian celebration of Jesus’ Resurrection. Lenten observances are most common in the liturgical...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/intellectual-disability/
intellectual disability – Diversity Style Guide
A disability that involves “significant limitations both in intellectual functioning (reasoning, learning, problem solving) and in adaptive behavior, which...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/cruising/
cruising – Diversity Style Guide
Visiting places where opportunities exist to meet potential sex partners. Not exclusively a gay phenomenon.
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/qawaali-or-qawwali/
qawwali – Diversity Style Guide
Pronounced “kuh-WAH-lee.” Devotional songs of the Sufi tradition of Islam. Do not capitalize.
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/chaldeans/
Chaldeans – Diversity Style Guide
Catholics from Iraq. A religious and ethnic minority there, Chaldeans have some large communities in the United States, the largest in the Detroit and San...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/mental-health/
mental health – Diversity Style Guide
A state of well-being in which someone can cope with common stresses and live and work productively to his or her full potential. Note that cultural...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/palestine/
Palestine – Diversity Style Guide
Historically, Palestine was a country east of the Mediterranean Sea. Today the region includes current-day Israel. As a distinct region, Palestine was under...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/banana/
banana – Diversity Style Guide
A slang term and pejorative reference used by Asian Americans when referring to Asian Americans who identify more with whites than with other Asian Americans....
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/bible-believing/
Bible-believing – Diversity Style Guide
A term used by some Christians to describe their emphasis on the authority and primacy of Scripture, as in Bible-believing Christians. By definition, however,...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/abortion/
abortion – Diversity Style Guide
When choosing terms to describe a person’s stance on abortion, journalists should remember that abortion is a nuanced issue, with many people supporting or...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/paki/
Paki – Diversity Style Guide
A derogatory slang word for people of Pakistani origin. Is the South Asian equivalent of Jap or the “N word.” Do not use under any circumstances. If you are...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/classism/
classism – Diversity Style Guide
Prejudiced thoughts and discriminatory actions based on difference in socioeconomic status, income or class, usually by upper classes against people of lower...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/gentile/
gentile – Diversity Style Guide
In Judaism, anyone who is not a Jew. It is usually a reference to Christians. Some Mormons use the term to describe non-Mormons.
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/pagan/
pagan – Diversity Style Guide
Generally, a person who does not acknowledge the God of Judaism, Christianity or Islam and who is a worshipper of a polytheistic religion. Many pagans follow...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/all-american/
All-American – Diversity Style Guide
Caution. Not a synonym for white. Refers to the best high school and college athletes of the year.
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/chabad/
Chabad – Diversity Style Guide
The official organization of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement of Judaism, which is based in Crown Heights, N.Y. Chabad-Lubavitch is a branch of Hasidism, a...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/eastern-orthodox/
Eastern Orthodox – Diversity Style Guide
A group of Christian churches that do not recognize the authority of the pope in Rome, but, like the Roman Catholic Church, have roots in the earliest days of...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/reverse-discrimination/
reverse discrimination, reverse racism – Diversity Style Guide
These phrases are used in lawsuits and in accusations that affirmative action puts men and non-minorities at a disadvantage for college admission, scholarships...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/bindi-or-bindhi/
bindi, or bindhi – Diversity Style Guide
Pronounced “BIN-dhee.” The decoration worn on the forehead by many Hindu women. There are various explanations for the bindi: It can be a blessed symbol that...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/sports-stereotypes/
sports stereotypes – Diversity Style Guide
Avoid characterizations of black athletes as naturally being better than athletes of other ethnic backgrounds. Such depictions are reminiscent of slavery, when...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/topic-glossaries/raceethnicity-glossary/multiracial/
multiracial – Diversity Style Guide
People of two or more racial backgrounds. In the 2010 U.S. census, approximately 9 million individuals, or 2.9 percent of the population, self-identified as...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/reconstructionist-judaism/
Reconstructionist Judaism – Diversity Style Guide
A 20th-century movement, founded by Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan, that views Judaism as a social rather than a God-centered phenomenon. Reconstructionists generally...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/good-friday/
Good Friday – Diversity Style Guide
In Christianity, Good Friday commemorates the day on which Jesus Christ is traditionally believed to have been crucified. It falls just before Easter Sunday,...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/black-lives-matter-blacklivesmatter/
Black Lives Matter, #BlackLivesMatter – Diversity Style Guide
A civil rights movement that started after the July 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman in the Florida shooting death of African-American teen Trayvon Martin....
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/islamophobia/
Islamophobia – Diversity Style Guide
Fear and prejudice against Muslims based on the idea that Islam is inferior and barbaric and cannot adapt to new realities. It also encompasses the belief that...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/adi-granth/
Adi Granth – Diversity Style Guide
Pronounced “Aad granth.” Holy book of the Sikh religion, considered the 11th and lasting guru. It is a compilation of the devotional poetry of Guru Nanak,...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/dont-ask-dont-tell/
“Don’t ask, don’t tell” – Diversity Style Guide
horthand for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Pursue, Don’t Harass,” the military’s former policy on gay men, lesbians and bisexuals. Under the policy, instituted...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/indian-country/
Indian Country – Diversity Style Guide
Indian Country is a legal term used in Title 18 of the U.S. Code. It broadly defines federal and tribal jurisdiction in crimes affecting Indians on...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/abolition/
abolition – Diversity Style Guide
Major American reform movement that sought to end slavery in America using a wide range of tactics and organizations. While abolitionists are commonly...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/outing-from-out-of-the-closet/
outing (from “out of the closet”) – Diversity Style Guide
The act of publicly declaring (sometimes based on rumor and/or speculation) or revealing another person’s sexual orientation or gender identity without that...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/scottsboro/
Scottsboro – Diversity Style Guide
In 1931, two white women stepped from a train box car in Paint Rock, Ala., and falsely accused nine black teenagers of rape while on the train. The case became...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/hijab/
hijab – Diversity Style Guide
Generally used to describe the scarf many women who are Muslims use to cover their head, but it can also refer to the modest dress, in general, that women wear...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/unitarian-universalist/
Unitarian Universalist – Diversity Style Guide
The Unitarian Universalist Association encourages a wide spectrum of belief. Many members believe in God, but atheists also find a home in this denomination....
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/preferred-pronouns/
preferred pronouns – Diversity Style Guide
Avoid using the term “preferred pronouns.” Someone’s pronouns are not a preference, but rather the only appropriate way to refer to that person. The term...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/gypsy-gypsy-gipsy/
Gypsy – Diversity Style Guide
Gypsy is a word used to indicate Roma people, a traditionally itinerant ethnic group that lives in Europe and has branches in the Americas, Asia and North...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/fundamentalism-fundamentalist/
fundamentalism, fundamentalist – Diversity Style Guide
A Christian religious movement that began in the U.S. in the late 19th century and early 20th century to counter liberalism and secularism. It emphasized the...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/lupus/
lupus – Diversity Style Guide
Chronic disease that affects immunity. Normally, the body’s immune system makes proteins called antibodies to protect against viruses, bacteria and other...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/sri/
Sri – Diversity Style Guide
Among some Indians it is a term of respect. Saying Sri before a man’s name is similar to saying “mister.”
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/chink/
chink – Diversity Style Guide
Avoid. A slur. Similar to Chinaman. Avoid phrases such as “chink in the armor” — despite its original non-racial connotation — that call to mind the slur. See...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/murti/
murti – Diversity Style Guide
Pronounced “MOOR-tee.” In Hinduism, an image or icon of God used during worship. A manifestation, embodiment or personification of the divine. Do not use the...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/pre-lingually-deafpostlingually-deaflate-deafened/
pre-lingually deaf/postlingually deaf/late-deafened – Diversity Style Guide
Prelingually deaf refers to individuals who were born deaf or became deaf prior to learning to understand and speak a language, according to Gallaudet...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/cross-dresser/
cross-dresser – Diversity Style Guide
While anyone may wear clothes associated with a different sex, the term cross-dresser is typically used to refer to heterosexual men who occasionally wear...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/relationships/
relationships (LGBTQ+) – Diversity Style Guide
Lesbian, gay and bisexual people use various terms to describe their commitments. Ask individuals which term they prefer, if possible. If not, “partner” is...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/asian-u-s-census-definition-of/
Asian, U.S. Census definition of – Diversity Style Guide
The U.S. Census Bureau, which adheres to the 1997 Office of Management and Budget standards on race and ethnicity, defines Asian as “a person having origins in...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/ching-chong/
ching-chong – Diversity Style Guide
Avoid. A slur. Similar to chink. See chink.
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/internment-japanese/
internment, Japanese – Diversity Style Guide
During World War II, the incarceration of 120,000 men, women and children of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of them U.S. citizens. They were ordered to sell...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/nepali/
Nepali – Diversity Style Guide
People from Nepal are known variously as Nepalese or Nepali, the latter of which is favored in current usage — though U.S. press uses Nepalese when referring...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/lutheran/
Lutheran – Diversity Style Guide
A member of a Protestant denomination that traces its roots to Martin Luther, the 16th-century Roman Catholic priest whose objections to certain practices in...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/tao/
Tao – Diversity Style Guide
Pronounced “Dow.” The ever-changing energy of the universe that flows all around in the form of nature. In Taoism, Tao is unknowable and therefore cannot be...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/out/
out – Diversity Style Guide
A person who self-identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender in their personal, public, and/or professional lives. For example: Ricky Martin is an...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/media/
Media – Diversity Style Guide
he Diversity Style Guide has been featured in the following media outlets. For media inquiries, please use our Contact page. Why we capitalize ‘Black’ (and not...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/gullah/
Gullah – Diversity Style Guide
Creole blend of Elizabethan English and African languages, born of necessity on Africa’s slave coast and developed in slave communities of isolated plantations...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/assisted-living-facility/
assisted living facility – Diversity Style Guide
A housing option for older people who cannot live independently and need help with medications and daily living activities, such as bathing, grooming, eating,...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/modern-orthodox/
Modern Orthodox – Diversity Style Guide
A movement within Orthodox Judaism that tends to integrate traditional Jewish practices and beliefs with life in the secular world while retaining a...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/episcopal-church/
Episcopal Church – Diversity Style Guide
The Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican Communion. Officially called the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Episcopal Church is...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/american-indian-movement/
American Indian Movement – Diversity Style Guide
Activist organization known as AIM. Founded in 1968 to promote civil rights for Native Americans. AIM has sought recognition of treaty rights through sit-ins...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/gender-variant/
gender variant – Diversity Style Guide
Avoid unless used in academic writing.
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/totem/
totem – Diversity Style Guide
A representation of a person or likeness such as an animal or plant that is revered by a tribe or group. It is a part of many American Indian and African...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/issei-issei/
Issei, issei – Diversity Style Guide
Term for Japanese immigrants originating from the Japanese language term for “first generation.” In the American context, the term is generally understood to...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/alaska-native/
Alaska Native – Diversity Style Guide
Alaska Native is an umbrella term that includes Eskimo (Inupiat and Yupik), Alaskan Indians (Athabascan, Haida, Tlingit and Tsimshian) and Aleut. They are...
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https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/aryan/
Aryan – Diversity Style Guide
Derived from the Sanskrit “arya,” or “noble.” In scholarly usage, a member of a people speaking one of a family of Indo-European languages, the presumed...
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