<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/schema/zthes-1.0.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>948</termId><termName>Essentialism</termName><termType>TT</termType><termLanguage>en-US</termLanguage><termVocabulary>COEXISTENCE  - Thesaurus of intersectionality  and decolonial issues: black studies, gender, sexuality  and feminist studies</termVocabulary>	<termStatus>active</termStatus>	<termApproval>approved</termApproval>	<termSortkey>Essentialism</termSortkey><termNote label="Scope"><![CDATA[ <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> ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>Essentialism</termCreatedDate><termModifiedDate>2018-07-15 15:57:33</termModifiedDate></term>  </Zthes>