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Racism

Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race or ethnicity over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against other people because they are of a different ethnic background. Modern variants…

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Etymology, definition, and usage

Aspects

International law and racial discrimination

Ideology

Ethnicity and ethnic conflicts

History

Scientific racism

Theories about the origins of racism

State-sponsored racism

Anti-racism

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Racism

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related to International law and racial discrimination · 31
Racism → Along, Also, Article, Ashley Montagu, Board, Brown, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Covenant, Education, Enlightenment, European Convention, Greater East Asia Conference, Gunnar Myrdal, Holocaust, Human Rights, In, It, Japan, Julian Huxley, League
related to State-sponsored racism · 30
Racism → Aryan, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, By April, Europe, German, Hungary, In, It, Japan's Shōwa, Jew, Jewish, Jews, Mischlings, Nazi, Nazi German, Nazism, November, On
related to 20th century · 29
Racism → Adolf Hitler's, America's, American, Americans, Aryan, Blood Law, Citizenship Law, End, Europe, European, German, Germans, Herrenvolk, Hitler, In, Indians, Mein Kampf, Native Americans, Nazi, Nazi's
related to Contemporary · 29
Racism → African, Both, Botswana's, British, Bushmen, China, Chinese, Congo Civil War, December, During, Elimination, Her, In, In November, January, Lou Jing, Mbuti, Nanjing, Pygmy, Racial Discrimination
related to Polygenism and racial typologies · 28
Racism → Andalus, Applying Galton's, Arthur, Aryan, Auvergnat, Boulainvilliers, France, French, Georges Vacher, Gobineau, Gobineau's, Gobineau's An Essay, He, His, Homo, Human Races, Inequality, Jew, Lapouge, Lapouge's
related to 19th century · 27
Racism → According, Arabism, Armenian, Authors, European, Foucault, Germanism, Hannah Arendt, Herero, In The Will, Knowledge, Marxism, Marxists, Michel Foucault, Nama, Nazism, On, Racist, Rudyard Kipling's, Sigmund Freud's
related to External links · 26
Racism → Adolescent Health, American, Archived, Being, Black Male, By Lucia Lopez, Child, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Created, Cuba, Ethics, Extract, Havana Times, Information, Jessie Daniels, Joe Feagin, June, Law, March, May
related to Human zoos · 24
Racism → African American, Barnum, Bronx Zoo, Brussels' World Fair, Carl Hagenbeck, Congolese, Darwin's, Darwinism, Darwinist, England, Hottentot Venus, Human, Joice Heth, Kanaks, Madison Grant, New Caledonia, New Imperialism, Ota Benga, Paris Colonial Exhibition, People Shows
related to Humanities · 22
Racism → African American, African Americans, Black Folk, Black Like Me, Discourse, Du Bois, For, He, Imitation, Language, Life, Mockingbird, Much American, South, Textual, The, The Souls, These, To Kill, Uncle Tom's Cabin
related to Ideology · 21
Racism → Anders Retzius, Another, Australian Aboriginals, Black, Blumenbach's, Caucasians, Europeans, Hans Peder Steensby, He, History, In, In Meiners, Johann Blumenbach, Mankind, May, Mongols, Polygenist Christoph Meiners, The Outline, United States, While

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race racial discrimination social also ethnic racist people century white human prejudice ideology often based races one modern 19th scientific

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Racismis abelief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race or ethnicity over…0.90text
Racismis anoun describing the state of being racist0.90text
Racismis acomplex concept that can involve each of those0.90text
Racismis aform of implicit racism0.90text
Racismis aconcept often used to describe acts of discrimination or hostility against members of a dominant racial or ethnic group or favoring members of minority groups0.90text
nativisminstance ofracist ideology may include associated social aspects0.80text
xenophobiainstance ofracist ideology may include associated social aspects0.80text
othernessinstance ofracist ideology may include associated social aspects0.80text
segregationinstance ofracist ideology may include associated social aspects0.80text
hierarchical rankinginstance ofracist ideology may include associated social aspects0.80text
and supremacism.While the concepts of raceinstance ofracist ideology may include associated social aspects0.80text
ethnicity are considered to be separate in contemporary social scienceinstance ofracist ideology may include associated social aspects0.80text

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