Racism
Racism or
racialism is a form of race, especially the belief that
one race is superior to
another. Racism may be expressed individually and consciously, through explicit
thoughts, feelings, or acts, or socially and unconsciously, through
institutions that promote inequality between races.
In the 19th
century many legitimized racist beliefs and practices through scientific
theories about biological differences among races. Today, most scientists have
rejected the biological basis of race or the validity of "race" as a
scientific concept. Racism, then, becomes discrimination based on alleged race.
Racists themselves usually do believe that humans are divided into different
races.
There are two
main definitions of racism today. One of them states
that racism is
dicrimination based on alleged race, the other - newer - one states that racism
has started to include also discrimination based on religion or culture
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