North Dakota Code 15-10.7-01 – Definitions
As used in this chapter:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 15-10.7-01
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Sex: means the biological state of being male or female, based on the individual's nonambiguous sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous hormone profiles at birth. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
1. “Race or sex scapegoating” means assigning fault, blame, or bias to a race or sex, or to a member of a race or sex, because of their race or sex, and includes a claim that, consciously or subconsciously, and by virtue of an individual‘s race or sex, a member of a race is inherently racist or inclined to oppress others, or a member of a sex is inherently sexist or inclined to oppress others.
2. “Race or sex stereotyping” means ascribing a character trait, value, moral and ethical code, privilege, status, or belief to a race or sex, or to an individual because of the individual’s race or sex.
3. “Specified concept” means a concept that:
a. One race or sex is inherently superior or inferior to another race or sex; b. An individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, is inherently privileged, racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or subconsciously; c. An individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment because of the individual’s race or sex; d. An individual’s moral character is determined by the individual’s race or sex; e. An individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, bears responsibility for an action committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex; f. An individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or another form of psychological distress solely because of the individual’s race or sex; g. A meritocracy is inherently racist or sexist, or designed by a particular race or sex to oppress another race or sex; h. This state or the United States is fundamentally or irredeemably racist or sexist; i. Promotes or advocates the violent overthrow of the United States government; j. Promotes division between, or resentment of, a race, sex, religion, creed, nonviolent political affiliation, social class, or class of people; k. Ascribes a character trait, value, moral or ethical code, privilege, or belief to a race or sex, or to an individual because of the individual’s race or sex; l. The rule of law does not exist, but instead is a series of power relationships and struggles among racial or other groups; m. All Americans are not created equal and are not endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; n. Governments should deny to any person within the government’s jurisdiction the equal protection of the law; o. Includes race or sex stereotyping; or p. Includes race or sex scapegoating.
4. “Training” includes a noncredit earning:
a. Seminar; b. Workshop; or c. Orientation.