racism

CEFRB2

/ˈɹeɪsɪzm̩/

noun

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noun
Unfair treatment based on a person's race.
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noun
Extra detail
Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.

Examples

A favorite tool in dealing with blatant racism is blatant ableism.
Black Americans continued to suffer from racism.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 4
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 1

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noun

Extra meanings

The policies, practices, or systems (e.g. government or political) promoting this belief or promoting the dominance of one or more races over others.
The belief that there are distinct human races with inherent differences which determine their abilities, and generally that some are superior and others inferior.

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Martin Luther King spoke out against racism.
It is altogether inaccurate to suggest that Europe is being indoctrinated with Fascism or Racism.
He lost his racism when he worked with a black man in Chicago. He lost his homophobia when he was befriended and looked after by his gay neighbors, a doctor and a nurse, in Little Rock.

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The word in print, with each source given in full.

It is altogether inaccurate to suggest that Europe is being indoctrinated with Fascism or Racism.
1932 October 21, Sisley Huddleston, “Europe Painted in Fascist Colors”, in Christian Science Monitor, →ISSN, page 8
He lost his racism when he worked with a black man in Chicago. He lost his homophobia when he was befriended and looked after by his gay neighbors, a doctor and a nurse, in Little Rock.
2005, Bill Clinton, My Life, volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 45–46
But other kinds of talk and text that are not visible, so called covert racist discourse, may be just as important in reproducing the culturally shared ideas that underpin racism.
2011, Jane H. Hill, The Everyday Language of White Racism, →ISBN, page 1987
In part, the answer is that racism extends considerably beyond prejudiced beliefs. The essential feature of racism is not hostility or misperception, but rather the defense of a system from which advantage is derived on the basis of race. The manner in which the defense is articulated – either with hostility or subtlety – is not nearly as important as the fact that it insures the continuation of a privileged relationship. Thus it is necessary to broaden the definition of racism beyond prejudice to include sentiments that in their consequence, if not in their intent, support the racial status quo.
1993 September 24, David T. Wellman, Portraits of White Racism, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 210
In “Crazy for This Democracy” (1945), Hurston critiques the US government's racism at home and abroad, including its silence on the anticolonial movements in Africa.
2013, Tyler T. Schmidt, Desegregating Desire, →ISBN

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French racisme, equivalent to race + -ism.

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noun

The organization actively fights against blank in all its forms, including prejudice.