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  2. Binary opposition - Wikipedia

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    The political (rather than analytic or conceptual) critique of binary oppositions is an important part of third wave feminism, post-colonialism, post-anarchism, and critical race theory, which argue that the perceived binary dichotomy between man/woman, civilized/uncivilised, and white/black have perpetuated and legitimized societal power structures favoring a specific majority.

  3. Polygenism - Wikipedia

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    Polygenism is a theory of human origins which posits the view that the human races are of different origins ( polygenesis ). This view is opposite to the idea of monogenism, which posits a single origin of humanity. Modern scientific views find little merit in any polygenic model due to an increased understanding of speciation in a human ...

  4. Critical race theory - Wikipedia

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    Critical race theory ( CRT) is an academic field focused on the relationships between social conceptions of race and ethnicity, social and political laws, and media. CRT also considers racism to be systemic in various laws and rules, not based only on individuals' prejudices. [ 1][ 2] The word critical in the name is an academic reference to ...

  5. What Is Critical Race Theory—And Why Is It Important to ...

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    Critical Race Theory has been alternately criticized and celebrated, but do you actually know what it is? Here, experts define this controversial concept and explain its real-world implications.

  6. Race relations - Wikipedia

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    Race relations is a sociological concept that emerged in Chicago in connection with the work of sociologist Robert E. Park and the Chicago race riot of 1919. [ 1] Race relations designates a paradigm or field in sociology [ 2] and a legal concept in the United Kingdom. As a sociological field, race relations attempts to explain how racial ...

  7. Critical theory - Wikipedia

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    Critical race theory (CRT) is an interdisciplinary academic field focused on the relationships between social conceptions of race and ethnicity, social and political laws, and media. CRT also considers racism to be systemic in various laws and rules, and not based only on individuals' prejudices.

  8. Racism - Wikipedia

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    Racism is discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity. Racism can be present in social actions, practices, or political systems (e.g. apartheid) that support the expression of prejudice or aversion in discriminatory practices.

  9. Aryan race - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Aryan race is a pseudoscientific historical race concept that emerged in the late-19th century to describe people who descend from the Proto-Indo-Europeans as a racial grouping. [ 1][ 2] The terminology derives from the historical usage of Aryan, used by modern Indo-Iranians as an epithet of "noble".