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 The Office of Equity, Vitality, and Inclusion, in partnership with Boston Medical Center, Boston University Medical Group, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, and Boston University Graduate Medical Sciences collaboratively developed this Glossary as a tool to align our goals of justice, equity, and belonging and strengthen our collective understanding. Establishing shared language is foundational to creating common understanding by expanding our awareness of the world beyond our individual identities and experiences.

The Glossary is informed by experts across many fields and is consistent with our peer institutes. Most importantly, our students, faculty, staff, and leadership reviewed and revised it! Together, we developed the Glossary for Culture Transformation and together, we can promote an environment where everyone feels affirmed and valued!

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- [Disability &amp; Accessibility](/glossary-culture-transformation/disability-accessibility)
- [Gender &amp; Sexual Diversity (LGBTQIA+)](/glossary-culture-transformation/gender-sexual-diversity-lgbtqia)
- [Justice, Equity, &amp; Belonging](/glossary-culture-transformation/justice-equity-belonging)
- [Race &amp; Ethnicity](/glossary-culture-transformation/race-ethnicity)
- [Systems of Oppression](/glossary-culture-transformation/systems-oppression)
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### Glossary Terms

- [ AAPI ](</glossary-culture-transformation/aapi >)
- [ Ableism  ](</glossary-culture-transformation/ableism >)
- [ Accessibility ](</glossary-culture-transformation/accessibility >)
- [ Accommodation ](</glossary-culture-transformation/accommodation >)
- [ Addiction ](</glossary-culture-transformation/addiction >)
- [ African-American ](</glossary-culture-transformation/african-american >)
- [ Age/Ageism ](</glossary-culture-transformation/ageageism >)
- [ Ally ](</glossary-culture-transformation/ally >)
- [ Anti-Blackness ](</glossary-culture-transformation/anti-blackness >)
- [ Anti-Racism ](</glossary-culture-transformation/anti-racism >)
- [ Antisemitism ](</glossary-culture-transformation/antisemitism >)
- [ Asexual ](</glossary-culture-transformation/asexual >)
- [ Assigned Sex at Birth ](</glossary-culture-transformation/assigned-sex-birth >)
- [ Autistic ](</glossary-culture-transformation/autistic >)
- [ Belonging ](</glossary-culture-transformation/belonging >)
- [ Bias ](</glossary-culture-transformation/bias >)
- [ BIPOC ](</glossary-culture-transformation/bipoc >)
- [ Bisexual ](</glossary-culture-transformation/bisexual >)
- [ Black Lives Matter (BLM) ](</glossary-culture-transformation/black-lives-matter-blm >)
- [ Blind ](</glossary-culture-transformation/blind >)
- [ Burnout ](</glossary-culture-transformation/burnout >)
- [ Cisgender ](</glossary-culture-transformation/cisgender >)
- [ Codeswitch ](</glossary-culture-transformation/codeswitch >)
- [ Colonialism ](</glossary-culture-transformation/colonialism >)
- [ Colorblind Ideology ](</glossary-culture-transformation/colorblind-ideology >)
- [ Colorism ](</glossary-culture-transformation/colorism >)
- [ Competency bias ](</glossary-culture-transformation/competency-bias >)
- [ Cultural Appropriation ](</glossary-culture-transformation/cultural-appropriation >)
- [ Cultural Humility ](</glossary-culture-transformation/cultural-humility >)
- [ Culture of Wellness ](</glossary-culture-transformation/culture-wellness >)
- [ Deaf ](</glossary-culture-transformation/deaf >)
- [ Decolonization ](</glossary-culture-transformation/decolonization >)
- [ Developmental Disability ](</glossary-culture-transformation/developmental-disability >)
- [ Disability ](</glossary-culture-transformation/disability-0 >)
- [ Disabled ](</glossary-culture-transformation/disabled >)
- [ Discrimination ](</glossary-culture-transformation/discrimination >)
- [ Diversity ](</glossary-culture-transformation/diversity >)
- [ Efficiency of Practice ](</glossary-culture-transformation/efficiency-practice >)
- [ Enslaved Person ](</glossary-culture-transformation/enslaved-person >)
- [ Equity ](</glossary-culture-transformation/equity >)
- [ Ethnicity ](</glossary-culture-transformation/ethnicity >)
- [ Expectancy bias ](</glossary-culture-transformation/expectancy-bias >)
- [ Fatphobia ](</glossary-culture-transformation/fatphobia >)
- [ Gay ](</glossary-culture-transformation/gay >)
- [ Gender ](</glossary-culture-transformation/gender >)
- [ Gender Binary Structure ](</glossary-culture-transformation/gender-binary-structure >)
- [ Gender Equity ](</glossary-culture-transformation/gender-equity >)
- [ Gender Expression ](</glossary-culture-transformation/gender-expression >)
- [ Gender Identity ](</glossary-culture-transformation/gender-identity >)
- [ Gender-diverse ](</glossary-culture-transformation/gender-diverse >)
- [ Genderqueer ](</glossary-culture-transformation/genderqueer >)
- [ Health Equity ](</glossary-culture-transformation/health-equity >)
- [ Health Inequity ](</glossary-culture-transformation/health-inequity >)
- [ Heterosexism ](</glossary-culture-transformation/heterosexism >)
- [ Hispanic ](</glossary-culture-transformation/hispanic >)
- [ Historically Underrepresented ](</glossary-culture-transformation/historically-underrepresented >)
- [ Im/migrant ](</glossary-culture-transformation/immigrant >)
- [ Implicit Bias ](</glossary-culture-transformation/implicit-bias >)
- [ Inclusion ](</glossary-culture-transformation/inclusion >)
- [ Indigenous / Indigenous Peoples ](</glossary-culture-transformation/indigenous-indigenous-peoples >)
- [ Intersectionality ](</glossary-culture-transformation/intersectionality >)
- [ Intersex ](</glossary-culture-transformation/intersex >)
- [ Islamophobia ](</glossary-culture-transformation/islamophobia >)
- [ Latinx ](</glossary-culture-transformation/latinx >)
- [ Lesbian ](</glossary-culture-transformation/lesbian >)
- [ LGBTQIA+ ](</glossary-culture-transformation/lgbtqia >)
- [ Marginalized Communities ](</glossary-culture-transformation/marginalized-communities >)
- [ Microaggression ](</glossary-culture-transformation/microaggression >)
- [ Misgender ](</glossary-culture-transformation/misgender >)
- [ Misogyny ](</glossary-culture-transformation/misogyny >)
- [ Model Minority ](</glossary-culture-transformation/model-minority >)
- [ Myth of Meritocracy ](</glossary-culture-transformation/myth-meritocracy >)
- [ Neuro-diverse ](</glossary-culture-transformation/neuro-diverse >)
- [ Neuro-typical ](</glossary-culture-transformation/neuro-typical >)
- [ Non-binary ](</glossary-culture-transformation/non-binary >)
- [ Oppression ](</glossary-culture-transformation/oppression >)
- [ Pansexual ](</glossary-culture-transformation/pansexual >)
- [ Patriarchy ](</glossary-culture-transformation/patriarchy >)
- [ People of Color ](</glossary-culture-transformation/people-color >)
- [ Performative Activism ](</glossary-culture-transformation/performative-activism >)
- [ Personal Resilience ](</glossary-culture-transformation/personal-resilience >)
- [ Prejudice ](</glossary-culture-transformation/prejudice >)
- [ Privilege ](</glossary-culture-transformation/privilege >)
- [ Professional Fulfillment ](</glossary-culture-transformation/professional-fulfillment >)
- [ Professional Vitality ](</glossary-culture-transformation/professional-vitality >)
- [ Pronouns ](</glossary-culture-transformation/pronouns >)
- [ Psychiatric Disability ](</glossary-culture-transformation/psychiatric-disability >)
- [ Queer ](</glossary-culture-transformation/queer >)
- [ Race ](</glossary-culture-transformation/race >)
- [ Racial Equity ](</glossary-culture-transformation/racial-equity >)
- [ Racial Inequities ](</glossary-culture-transformation/racial-inequities >)
- [ Racial Justice ](</glossary-culture-transformation/racial-justice >)
- [ Racism ](</glossary-culture-transformation/racism >)
- [ Reconstructing credentials ](</glossary-culture-transformation/reconstructing-credentials >)
- [ Reverse Discrimination ](</glossary-culture-transformation/reverse-discrimination >)
- [ Role (in)congruity ](</glossary-culture-transformation/role-incongruity >)
- [ Sexism ](</glossary-culture-transformation/sexism >)
- [ Sexual Harassment ](</glossary-culture-transformation/sexual-harassment >)
- [ Sexuality ](</glossary-culture-transformation/sexuality >)
- [ Social Stigma ](</glossary-culture-transformation/social-stigma >)
- [ Sponsorship ](</glossary-culture-transformation/sponsorship >)
- [ Stereotype priming ](</glossary-culture-transformation/stereotype-priming >)
- [ Stereotype Threat ](</glossary-culture-transformation/stereotype-threat >)
- [ Substance Use Disorder ](</glossary-culture-transformation/substance-use-disorder >)
- [ TERF ](</glossary-culture-transformation/terf >)
- [ Tokenism ](</glossary-culture-transformation/tokenism >)
- [ Transgender ](</glossary-culture-transformation/transgender >)
- [ Transphobia ](</glossary-culture-transformation/transphobia >)
- [ Two-Spirit ](</glossary-culture-transformation/two-spirit >)
- [ URG ](</glossary-culture-transformation/urg >)
- [ URM ](</glossary-culture-transformation/urm >)
- [ White Privilege ](</glossary-culture-transformation/white-privilege >)
- [ White Supremacy ](</glossary-culture-transformation/white-supremacy >)
 
 

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  ##  [Ableism ](/glossary-culture-transformation/ableism) 

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  Noun

Beliefs or practices that rest on the assumption that being able-bodied is “normal” while other states of being need to be “fixed” or altered. This can result in devaluing or discriminating against people with physical, intellectual or psychiatric disabilities. Institutionalized ableism may include or take the form of un/intentional organizational barriers that result in disparate treatment of people with disabilities (PwDs).

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A term to describe a person whose gender identity aligns with those associated with the sex assigned to them at birth (i.e., a person who is not transgender).

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 *The Glossary for Culture Transformation* is a living document to be revised on an annual basis. It was developed by the Office of Equity, Vitality, and Inclusion in partnership with Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center (BMC), and Boston University Medical Group (BUMG).

Suggested Citation: Office of Equity, Vitality, and Inclusion, Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, and Boston University Medical Group. *Glossary for Culture Transformation*. 2021.

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