Essentialism <p><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The practice of categorizing an entire group based on assumptions about what constitutes the “essence” of that group. Essentialism prevents individuals from remaining open to individual differences within groups.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Source:<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/sierraclubdei/glossary-of-terms" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/sierraclubdei/glossary-of-terms</a></span></span></span></p>