Racism
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See also: List of racism-related topics and Racism by country
Racism, by its perhaps simplest definition, is prejudice and
discrimination based on race. One with racist beliefs might hate
certain groups of people according to their race (i.e., bigotry), or
in the case of institutional racism, certain racial groups may be
denied rights or benefits. Racism typically starts with, though is
rarely confined to the assumption that there are taxonomic differences
between different groups of people. Prejudices on other grounds would
strictly categorize as discrimination to national or regional origin,
religion, occupation, social status or some other distinction.
According to the United Nations conventions, there is no distinction
between the term racial discrimination and ethnic disrimination, see
below.
Contents [hide]
1 Definitions
1.1 Legal definition
1.2 Sociological definitions
2 Racial discrimination
2.1 Institutional racism
2.2 Economics and racism
2.3 Declarations against racial discrimination
3 Ideology
3.1 Ethnic nationalism
4 Ethnic conflicts
5 Academic racism
5.1 Scientific racism
5.1.1 Heredity and eugenics
5.1.2 Polygenism and racial typologies
5.1.3 Human Zoos
6 Racism and colonialism in the nineteenth century
7 State-sponsored racism
8 Racism in the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance
8.1 During the Age of Enlightenment
9 Interminority racism
10 Notes
11 Bibliography
12 See also
13 External links
[edit] Definitions
While the term racism usually denotes race-based prejudice, violence,
discrimination, or oppression, the term can also have varying and
hotly contested definitions. Racialism is a related term, sometimes
intended to avoid these negative meanings. According to the Oxford
English Dictionary, racism is a belief or ideology that all members of
each racial group possess characteristics or abilities specific to
that race, especially to distinguish it as being either superior or
inferior to another racial group or racial groups. The Merriam-
Webster's Dictionary defines racism as a belief that race is the
primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial
differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular racial
group, and that it is also the prejudice based on such a belief. The
Macquarie Dictionary defines racism as: "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."[citation needed]
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