Race: a socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important. Director Vance is of a different race than the other members of the team, as he is African-American.
Ethnicity: a shared cultural heritage. Ziva is Israeli and Jewish and therefore shares an ethnicity with other Israeli Jews.
Stereotype: a simplified description applied to every person in some category. Abby looks like the stereotypical goth with her tattoos, dark clothes, and often heavy jewelry.
Prejudice: A rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people. Abby is goth, which most people assume means she's dark and monotonous, but in reality she is much more. DiNozzo has described her as "the happiest Goth you will ever meet".
Racism: The belief that one racial category is innately superior or inferior to another. In the episode "Suspicion", Tariq is an Iraqi suspected of murder by Deputy Taylor based on his belief of Islamic peoples.
Pluralism: A state in which people of all races and ethnicities are distinct but have equal social standing. Ziva, Ducky, and Vance are members of different ethnicities compared to the others, and they all have equal social standing.
Ethnicity: a shared cultural heritage. Ziva is Israeli and Jewish and therefore shares an ethnicity with other Israeli Jews.
Stereotype: a simplified description applied to every person in some category. Abby looks like the stereotypical goth with her tattoos, dark clothes, and often heavy jewelry.
Prejudice: A rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people. Abby is goth, which most people assume means she's dark and monotonous, but in reality she is much more. DiNozzo has described her as "the happiest Goth you will ever meet".
Racism: The belief that one racial category is innately superior or inferior to another. In the episode "Suspicion", Tariq is an Iraqi suspected of murder by Deputy Taylor based on his belief of Islamic peoples.
Pluralism: A state in which people of all races and ethnicities are distinct but have equal social standing. Ziva, Ducky, and Vance are members of different ethnicities compared to the others, and they all have equal social standing.