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  2. Racism - Wikipedia

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    An entry in the Oxford English Dictionary (2008) defines racialism as "[a]n earlier term than racism, but now largely superseded by it", and cites the term "racialism" in a 1902 quote. [19] The revised Oxford English Dictionary cites the shorter term "racism" in a quote from the year 1903. [20]

  3. Racial discrimination - Wikipedia

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    Language and culture are sometimes markers of national origin and can prompt instances of discrimination based on national origin. For example, someone of a South Asian ethnicity who grew up in London, speaks British English with a London accent, and whose family has assimilated to British culture might be treated more favorably than someone of ...

  4. Linguistic racism - Wikipedia

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    Mock language is defined as the action of imitating and mimicking another language, incorporating grammatical structures, expressions, and terminology that is not native to the speaker. Speakers of mock Spanish reasoned their usage of it as a signifier of being exposed to Spanish, to incite amusement, or to claim regional authenticity to ...

  5. 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.

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  7. Lists of pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    Lists of pejorative terms for people include: . List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names

  8. Prejudice plus power - Wikipedia

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    Prejudice plus power attempts to separate forms of racial prejudice from the word racism, which is to be reserved for institutional racism. [19] Critics point out that an individual can not be institutionally racist, because institutional racism (sometimes referred to as systemic racism) only refers to institutions and systems, hence the name. [20]

  9. Sambo (racial term) - Wikipedia

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    Sambo came into the English language from zambo, the Spanish word in Latin America for a person of South American negro, mixed European, and native descent. [3] This in turn may have come from one of three African language sources. Webster's Third International Dictionary holds that it may have come from the Kongo word nzambu ('monkey').