Vocabulary

• hate crimes: Crimes motivated by prejudice against a person's race, religion, sexual orientation, or other characteristic.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• stand up for: To support someone or an idea, e.g. human rights
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• help out: To assist someone
• such as: For example; like
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• relevant: Having an effect on an issue; related or current
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• symptom: Sign that suggests that there is a problem
• stereotype: False categorization of people as all the same
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• tangible: Able to be touched or felt; real
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• respond: To answer something or someone
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• racism: Belief that people of other races are bad/inferior
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• silent: Without making any noise; soundless
• solidarity: Feeling of unity between people sharing ideas etc.
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• immigrant: Person moving to another country to live there
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• brutality: Extremely mean or violent act or treatment
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• oppression: Treatment of people to limit their freedom
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• reform: To re-shape something to a better condition
• hyper: Very excited or active
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• duty: Work required by your job or position
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• immunity: State of not being able to catch a disease
• burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• activism: Engaged in political activity to achieve a goal
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• liberation: Act of setting someone or something free
• happen: To take place or occur
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• wedge: Golf club designed to hit the ball high in the air
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
• supremacy: State of being greatest or best possible
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• up: To act suddenly and unexpectedly
• hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
• call: A order or request for action
• write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
• uplift: To make someone feel happier or more hopeful
• incite: To cause something to happen, e.g. a riot
• normalize: To make something normal or regular