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Furthermore, the meaning of the term racism is often conflated with the terms prejudice, bigotry, and discrimination. Racism is a complex concept that can involve each of those; but it cannot be equated with, nor is it synonymous, with these other terms. [citation needed]
It is argued that since prejudice is defined as a negative affect towards members of a group, there are many groups against whom prejudice is acceptable (such as rapists, men who abandon their families, pedophiles, neo-Nazis, drink-drivers, queue jumpers, murderers etc.), yet such prejudices are not studied.
e. Scientific racism, sometimes termed biological racism, is the pseudoscientific belief that the human species is divided into biologically distinct taxa called "races", [1][2][3] and that empirical evidence exists to support or justify racial discrimination, racial inferiority, or racial superiority. [4][5][6][7] Before the mid-20th century ...
—Sociologist Uri Ben-Eliezer, 2004 Not all scholars that have used the concept of "cultural racism" have done so in the same way. The scholars Carol C. Mukhopadhyay and Peter Chua defined "cultural racism" as "a form of racism (that is, a structurally unequal practice) that relies on cultural differences rather than on biological markers of racial superiority or inferiority. The cultural ...
v. t. e. In linguistics, a figleaf is defined as language used to prevent a bigoted statement from being perceived as bigoted, [ 1][ 2] for example, that a person making a racist statement is not racist. [ 2] This includes plausible deniability, and can contribute to double standards. Figleaves may be used in regards to race, ethnicity ...
The fight against DEI dresses racism, misogyny or homophobia in a righteous robe. Rabid, angry bigots like that reader were already in DeSantis’ camp even before they knew who he was. Given the ...
Linguistic racism. In the terminology of linguistic anthropology, linguistic racism, both spoken and written, is a mechanism that perpetuates discrimination, marginalization, and prejudice customarily based on an individual or community's linguistic background. The most evident manifestation of this kind of racism is racial slurs; however ...
Reverse racism, sometimes referred to as reverse discrimination, [1] is the concept that affirmative action and similar color-conscious programs for redressing racial inequality are forms of anti-white racism. [2] The concept is often associated with conservative social movements, [2][3] and reflects a belief that social and economic gains by ...