Index
AAPI: see Asian
ADHD/ADD
able-bodied
accent marks: see non-English words and names
accessible
addiction
African American: see Black, dual heritage, compound nationalities/ethnicities
Afro-Caribbean: see Black
Afro-Latino: see Black
agender: see agender, gender, transgender
aging
Alaska Natives: see Native American
alternative lifestyle: see lifestyle
antisemitism
aromantic: see asexual
asexual
Asian
Asperger’s syndrome: see autism spectrum disorder, neurodiversity
asylum-seeker
autism/autism spectrum disorder: see autism spectrum disorder, neurodiversity
BAME: see people of color
BIPOC: see people of color
bigender: see bigender, gender
biracial
bisexual: see bisexual, sexual orientation
Black
Black, Asian and minority ethnic: see people of color
Black, Indigenous and people of color: see people of color
blind
blue collar
Brown
caregiver/caretaker
Caucasian: see White
Chicano
cisgender: see cisgender, gender
coming out
community/communities
compound nationalities/ethnicities
crip/cripple
cross-dresser: see transgender
culture
Deaf/deaf
depression: see mental illness
Desi
developing world: see Third World
developmental coordination disorder: see neurodiversity
diagnosis: see mental illness
dialect
disabled
diversity/diverse
drag queen/drag king: see transgender
dual heritage
dumb: see Deaf/deaf
dyscalculia: see neurodiversity
dyslexia: see neurodiversity
eating disorders: see mental illness
emerging economy: see Third World
equity
ethnic
ethnicity
exile: see migration
exotic: see ethnic
expat: see migration
female: see sex
Filipino
First Nation: see Native American
foreign: see non-English words and names
framing
gay: see gay, sexual orientation
gender
gender-neutral language
gender non-conforming
genderfluid
geographic references
ghetto: see framing
Global South: see Third World
gyp/Gypsy: see Roma, Romany, Romani
handicap/handicapped
hard of hearing: see Deaf/deaf
Hawaiian
hearing impaired: see Deaf/deaf
heterosexual: see straight
high functioning
Hispanic
homosexual: see gay
hyphenated: see dual heritage, compound nationalities/ethnicities
identifies as: see transgender, out
illegal alien/illegal immigrant: see migration
inclusion
Indian Country: see Native American
Indigenous: see Native American
inner city: see framing
institutional racism: see racism
internally displaced: see migration
intersex: see intersex, sex
LGBT+/LGBTQ/LGBTQIA
Latino/Latinx
lesbian: see lesbian, sexual orientation
lifestyle
low functioning
majoritized: see minority
male: see sex
man: see gender
marginalized: see minority
MENA
mental illness
Middle East
migrant: see migration
migration
minoritized: see minority
minority
minority-serving institution (MSI)
mixed-race: see biracial, multiracial
multiracial
mute: see Deaf/deaf
Native/Native American
neurodivergent/neurodiversity/neurotypical
non-English words and names
nonbinary: see nonbinary, gender
obsessive compulsive disorder: see mental illness
Oriental: see Asian
out
Pacific Islander: see Pacific Islander, Asian
panic disorder: see mental illness
pansexual: see pansexual, sexual orientation
parity
people of color
Pilipino
powwow: see Native American
predominantly White institution (PWI): see minority-serving institutions
pronouns
Puerto Rico
queer
race
racialization: see race
racism
refugee: see migration
representation
returnee: see migration
Roma, Romany, Romani
schizophrenia: see mental illness
sex
sexual orientation
sexual preference: see sexual orientation
sexuality: see sexual orientation
sign language: see Deaf/deaf
skin color: see race
social construction: see race
spirit animal: see Native American
straight: see straight, sexual orientation
structural racism: see racism
survivor
systemic racism: see racism
they/them/their: see pronouns
Third World
Tourette syndrome: see neurodiversity
transgender: see transgender, gender
transition
transsexual: see transgender
tribe: see Native American
two-spirit: see gender
underrepresented minority: see minority
undocumented immigrant: see migration
victim: see survivor
visually impaired: see blind
WOC: see people of color
wheelchair
White
white collar
woman: see gender
women of color: see people of color
working class: see blue collar/white collar