Prior knowledge – All of the knowledge learned by students before encountering new
knowledge is prior knowledge; this is not limited to information but also experiences and
observations.
Subjective knowledge – Knowledge which is produced from a perspective is subjective
knowledge.
Subjectivity – The perspective of one performing the observation and reporting; it implies
specific location when viewing an object located in a specific location. The perspective of
the subject is subjective.
Subject – grammatically understood as the one doing the action of the verb in a sentence.
In knowledge production the subject determines the perspective of the knowledge
produced.
Perspective – Point of view; what is seen from a location by someone looking at
something else. Different people located in different places while looking at the same
object will have different perspectives.
Construct – produced knowledge comes in the form of constructs. Because knowledge is
made and constructed, it can also be taken apart to be analyzed.
Deconstruction – the process of taking constructs apart to see how they were made, from
what perspective and for what purpose.
Technical Jargon – language and terms meant to be standardized language to facilitate
learning and understanding; actually causes misunderstanding; creates distance and shapes
perception of what is studied.
Other – n. someone who is not me or not like me, who is other depends on the
racialization being used.
Other – v. the process of making someone an “other” through a racialization.
Religion – a system of belief. In this extreme and general definition there is no “religion
free space;” anywhere and everything is religion.
Legislation of morality – is the writing and passing of laws based on the subjective
personal beliefs of a large or small group of people.
Race – a category of people. A category can be any characteristic which can be attached
to an individual. There is no restriction in the type of characteristic to create an “other.”
Racism – is to believe one knows someone through a single category and then expect that
person to act according to that category and treat that person differently because of that
category.
Racial formation – it is Omi and Winant’s theory of race. It has two parts; racial project
and hegemony.
Racial project – it is part of Omi and Winant’s theory of racial formation. It is a specific
interpretation or theory of race.
Hegemony – the conditions necessary in a given society for the achievement and
consolidation of rule. It is a combination of coercion and consent. People are forced to
