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  2. Racism - Wikipedia

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    According to dictionary definitions, racism is prejudice and discrimination based on race. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] Racism can also be said to describe a condition in society in which a dominant racial group benefits from the oppression of others, whether that group wants such benefits or not. [ 48 ]

  3. Internalized racism - Wikipedia

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    Internalized racism is a form of internalized oppression, defined by sociologist Karen D. Pyke as the "internalization of racial oppression by the racially subordinated." [1] In her study The Psychology of Racism, Robin Nicole Johnson emphasizes that internalized racism involves both "conscious and unconscious acceptance of a racial hierarchy in which a presumed superior race are consistently ...

  4. Symbolic racism - Wikipedia

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    Symbolic racism is a form of modern implicit racism, as it is more subtle and indirect than more overt forms of racism, [5] such as Jim Crow laws. As symbolic racism develops through socialization and its processes occur without conscious awareness, [ 6 ] an individual with symbolically racist beliefs may genuinely oppose racism and believe ...

  5. Merriam-Webster Is Updating Its Definition of Racism After a ...

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    Kennedy Mitchum expected little in return after emailing Merriam- Webster about its standing definition of the word racism. The 22-year-old was surprised to receive a response from the editor of ...

  6. Racial trauma - Wikipedia

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    Racial trauma can also be caused by both experiences of overt racism and covert racism. Overt racism describes instances of racism that occur on a person-to-person basis; it is the form of racism that people are more used to labeling as “racist” (e.g., one person yells racial slurs at another person).

  7. How does the dictionary define racism? It's evolving

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    Merriam-Webster's decision to revise the definition of racism raises long-standing questions about the politics of dictionaries.

  8. 25 simple charts to show friends and family who aren't ... - AOL

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    Research has extensively documented the differences between the Black and white experience in the US, from wealth and education to incarceration.

  9. Institutional racism - Wikipedia

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    Institutional racism, also known as systemic racism, is a form of institutional discrimination based on race or ethnic group and can include policies and practices that exist throughout a whole society or organization that result in and support a continued unfair advantage to some people and unfair or harmful treatment of others.