| A | B |
|---|
| class | As defined by Max Weber, persons who share similar levels of wealth. |
| de facto segregation | Segregation that is the result of residential patterns. |
| differential justice | Whites being dealt with more leniently than Blacks whether at time of arrest, indictment, conviction, sentencing, or parole. |
| gerrymandering | Redrawing districts bizarrely to create politically advantageous outcomes. |
| income | Salaries, wages, and other money received. |
| redlining | The pattern of discrimination against people trying to buy homes in minority and racially changing neighborhoods. |
| set-asides | Programs stipulating a minimum proportion of government contracts must be awarded to minority-owned businesses. |
| tracking | The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria. |
| underemployment | Work at a job for which the worker is overqualified, involuntary part-time instead of full-time employment, or intermittent employment. |
| victim discounting | Tendency to view crime as less socially significant if the victim is viewed as less worthy. |
| victimization surveys | Annual attempts to measure crime rates by interviewing ordinary citizens who may or may not have been crime victims. |
| wealth | An inclusive term encompassing all of a person's material assets, including land and other types of property. |
| zoning laws | Legal provisions stipulating land use and the architectural design of housing, often used to keep racial minorities and low-income people out of suburban areas. |
| glass ceiling | Blocks the promotion of a qualified worker. |
| HBCU | Plays a significant role in educating African Americans. |
| Moynihan Report | This document outlined a "tangle of pathology" with the Black family at its core. |
| Rainbow Coalition | A group of disenfranchised Americans, including African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, women, and gay people. |
