the good, the beautiful ones. What is unlike us is by nature inferior to us and is destined to obey and
serve us or perish."
WOODWORK INDIAN:
People who were unknown to be Indian have started claiming Indian
ancestry.
WORK ETHNIC: (Fostered by the Protestant work ethic). The belief that a person is of little or no
value unless occupied in some visibly productive manner. This ethic places hard work, especially
manual, above learning. (Based on Feagin)
YELLOW PERIL: A slogan reflecting fear that Asian-Americans would "breed like rabbits" and
become a majority of the population.
ZIONISM: A Jewish nationalist movement that had as its goal the creation and support of a Jewish
national state in Palestine, the ancient homeland of the Jews. (Britannica)
Excerpted from a Glossary prepared by the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, Patrick
Air Force Base, Florida.
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