Meaning racism
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The practice of discrimination, segregation, persecution, and domination of a group based on that group's race.
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Racism is any individual action, or institutional practice which treats people differently because of their colour or ethnicity. This distinction is often used to justify discrimination.
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 Discrimination against people based on their skin color or ethnic heritage.
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Treating someone unfairly because of their race, colour, nationality or ethnic or national origins.
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An ideology of racial superiority and hierarchy based on discrimination.
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by 1936; see racist.
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An ideology based on the idea that humans can be separated into distinct racial groups and that these groups can be ranked on a hierarchy of intelligence, ability, morality etc. [DP]
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government or social system based on the belief that one ethnic group is superior to all others.
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the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race (racist) a person with a prejudiced belie [..]
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Racism is an ideology that assumes a hierarchy of human worth based on the social construction of racial difference. Racism as an ideology was developed to claim superiority of White people over people of color based on the false idea that race is a fixed and immutable reality. The overwhelming reality of racism in the U.S. is White supremacy, whic [..]
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To differentiate people on the grounds of their ethnicity and to attribute negative characteristics to certain groups.
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Belief in the superiority of a particular race leading to prejudice and antagonism towards people of other races, esp. those in close proximity who may be felt as a threat to one's cultural and racial integrity or economic well-being. (Oxford English Dictionary
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The belief in the superiority of one race of people over others.
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A set of incorrect assumptions, opinions and acts resulting from the belief that one race is inherently/genetically superior to another. It occurs when people are not treated fairly because of their c [..]
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Any attitude, action or institutional structure which systematically treats an individual or group of individuals differently because of their race. The most common form of racism in North America is [..]
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Attributing inferiority to a particular racial category. Racism is a specific form of prejudice focused on race.
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A belief that first, individual racial groups have characteristics unique to that group. Secondly, that these characteristic predispose members of the race to act in a certain (and usually unpleasant) [..]
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Racism is a pervasive behavior pattern that causes a person or society to discriminate against persons of other races or ethnic/social groups that the racist person or group considers inferior. This t [..]
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unfair, ridiculing or threatening behaviour towards someone because oi their particular racial group.
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the use of race to establish and justify a social hierarchy and system of power that privileges, preferences or advances certain individuals or groups of people usually at the expense of others. Racism is perpetuated through both interpersonal and institutional practices.
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A set of ideas and social practices that ascribe negative characteristics to a particular racial group who are mistakenly assumed to be biologically distinct. See ethnic group.
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Racism is a complex system of beliefs and behaviors, grounded in a presumed superiority of the white race. These beliefs and behaviors are conscious and unconscious; personal and institutional; and result in the oppression of people of color and benefit the dominant group, whites. A simpler definition is racial prejudice + power = racism. Source: N [..]
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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The institutionalized domination of one racial group by another.
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1. the belief that human races have distinctive characteristics which determine their respective cultures, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule or dominate others
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A social dysfunction characterized by an inability to see others as brothers and sisters, members of the same human family, because of the color of their skin or some other physical characteristic. (S [..]
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the belief that people’s qualities are influenced by their ethnic group or tribe and that the members of other groups and tribes (“races”) are not as good as the members of their own, or the resulting [..]
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1. Race prejudice and power 2. Racial and cultural prejudice and discrimination, supported intentionally or unintentionally by institutional power and authority, used to the advantage of one race and the disadvantage of other races. The critical element that differentiates racism from prejudice and discrimination is the use of institutional power a [..]
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Broadly used to refer to the ideology of superiority of a particular race over another. This notion of superiority is then applied to and embedded in structures, practices, attitudes, beliefs and proc [..]
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(n) the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races(n) discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
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discrimination or prejudice on the grounds of race; belief in the superiority or inferiority of a person or group on the grounds of race. Racism can be conscious or unconscious and as with any form of [..]
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Treating people differently on the basis of their ethnic origin.
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The expression of intolerance or hatred towards another race or other races through behaviour or attitude.
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Is when one person or group of people receive less favourable treatment than another person or group in the same position would have received on the grounds of their ‘race’, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin. Discrimination of this kind can be direct (overt) or indirect (covert).Racist Bullying Bullying or harassing a person because of [..]
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  Theories, attitudes and practices that display dislike or antagonism towards people seen as belonging to a particular ethnic groups. Social or political significance is attached to culturally constructed ideas of difference.
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Set of beliefs, often negative, held by one group of people or individuals, about another group of people or individuals and based on the perceived racial characteristics of that group or individual. Racism in Australia takes on many forms - attitudinal, institutional and cultural.
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This managed to express itself in both pre- and post-Darwinian understandings. In the pre-Darwinian scheme of things, based on the idea of the Great Chain of Being the question was this: do the various races occupy different levels on the chain, some higher, some lower, or are they all basically human? In the post-Darwinian scheme of things, based [..]
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An ideological construct that assigns a certain race and/or ethnic groups to a position of power over others on the basis of physical and cultural attributes, as well as economic domination and control over others. Racism can be defined as a doctrine of or belief in racial superiority. This includes the belief that race determines intelligence, cul [..]
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   A set of beliefs which asserts the natural superiority of one racial group over another, at the individual but also the institutional level. In one sense, racism refers to the belief that biology r [..]
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Differential treatment or unequal access to opportunities, based on group membership such as origin or ethnicity.
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The use of individual and institutional power to deny or grant people and groups of people rights, respect, representation and resources based on their skin color. Racism may take place on an individu [..]
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The use of genetic or biological background as a basis for assumptions about individuals or groups. In racism, racialized groups are seen as different from other individuals or groups and are treated [..]
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Defined by Tatum (1993) as "a pervasive system of advantage based on race which has personal, cultural and institutional implications for our daily lives" (p. 2).
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Racism is race-based prejudice plus power; it is the belief that races have distinctive cultural characteristics determined by hereditary factors and that this endows some races with an intrinsic supe [..]
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For purposes of this site, we want users to know we are using the term “racism” specifically to refer to individual, cultural, institutional and systemic ways by which differential consequences are cr [..]
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 a belief that one group is superior or inferior to others. Racism can be openly displayed in racial jokes, slurs or hate crimes. It can also be more deeply rooted in attitudes, values and stereotypic [..]
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any criticism or negative sentiment that affects minority racial groups, regardless of validity. Note: Most social justice warriors deny the possibility of racism against white people, due to their belief that bigotry is a combination of prejudice and power.
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A belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others;hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.
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A variously defined label for views that differences among human races are relatively fixed by nature and can be ranked from inferior to superior.
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Prejudice and discrimination based on race; any action or characteristic of a social system that supports race privilege.
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, "as minorities experience it and as it is understood in most social justice circles is a systematic kind of oppression (see definition below). When we use racism as a term in social justice con [..]
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Discrimination and prejudice based on someone’s race.
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Division of humankind into fixed, closed and unalterable groups or as systematic domination of some groups by others. It is broadly used to refer to the ideology of superiority of a particular race
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prejudiced thoughts and discriminatory actions based on difference in race/ethnicity, usually by white/European descent groups against people of color
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Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to physical appearance and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also me [..]
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Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to physical appearance and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also me [..]
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