ALLY

An ally is any person that actively promotes and aspires to advance the culture of inclusion through intentional, positive and conscious efforts that benefit people as a whole.

ANTIRACIST

The act of working against racist systems and policies.

BIAS

Prejudice toward one group and its members relative to another group.

BLACK LIVES MATTER

A political and social movement originating among African Americans, emphasizing basic human rights and racial equality for black people and campaigning against various forms of racism. Abbreviations: BLM, B.L.M.

COMMUNITY INDICATOR

The means by which we can measure Socio economic conditions in the community. All community
indicators should be disaggregated by race if possible.

CONTRACTING EQUITY

Investments in contracting, consulting and procurement should benefit the communities in Los Angeles County, proportionate to its demographics.

DEHUMANIZATION

To deprive (someone or something) of human qualities, personality or dignity.

EQUITY

The resulting condition we aim to achieve in the community.

ETHNICITY

A social group that shares a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, history and customs.

EXPLICIT BIAS

Biases that people are unaware of and that operate consciously. They are expressed directly.

IMPLICIT BIAS

Biases people are usually unaware of and that operate at the subconscious level. Implicit bias is usually
expressed indirectly.

INDIVIDUAL RACISM

Bigotry or discrimination by an individual based on race.

INSTITUTIONAL RACISM

Policies, practices, and procedures that work better for white people than for people color, often unintentionally or inadvertently.

NON-RACIST

The act of not being racist but is complicit towards systemic racism.

PREJUDICE

A preconceived judgment or opinion. An adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge.

PERFORMANCE MEASURE

Performance measures are at the county department or program level. Appropriate performance measures allow monitoring of the success of implementation of actions that have a reasonable chance of influencing
indicators and contributing to results. Performance measures respond to three different levels:

1) Quantity- how much did we do?

2) Quality- how well did we do it?

3) is any one better off?

A mix of these types of performance measures is contained within the recommendations.

RACE

A social construct that categorizes people based on physical characteristics and ancestry to justify inequitable distribution of resources and power.

RACIAL EQUITY

Eliminating race-based outcome gaps so that race cannot predict one's success and improving outcomes for all. This approach centers those who are worse off and moves from a service-based approach toward focusing on policies, institutions and structures.

RACIAL INEQUITY

Outcome gaps between people of different races based on historical or current factors or structures that benefit White people more than people of color. We occasionally use "equity" or "inequity" as shorthand for "racial equity" and "racial inequity," but only when the full phrase has just been used. While it's tempting to shorten for brevity's sake, it's more important to be explicit.

RACIST BIAS

Refers to unconscious biases we have about people of other races that affect our decisions and actions.

STEREOTYPE

Something conforming to a fixed or general pattern, especially a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment

STRUCTURAL RACISM

A history and current reality of institutional racism across all institutions, combining to create a system that negatively impacts communities of color.

WHITE FRAGILITY

A state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress be- comes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress inducing situation. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium.

WHITENESS

A location of structural advantage, of race privilege. Second, it is a ‘standpoint,’ a place from which White people look at ourselves, at others, and at society. Third, ‘Whiteness’ refers to a set of cultural practices that are usually unmarked and unnamed.

WHITE PRIVILEGE

Refers to the individual and systemic advantages afforded to White people by virtue of them belonging
to the dominant ethnic group in society.

WORKFORCE EQUITY

That the workforce of Los Angeles County government reflect the diversity of Los Angeles County residents, including across the breadth (functions and departments) and depth (hierarchy) of Los Angeles County.