Contemporary racism? Anyone?

Racism

Racism is the belief that race is a primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.[1] As a practice, it means the same thing as racial discrimination. In the case of institutional racism, certain racial groups may be denied rights or benefits, or receive preferential treatment.

Racial discrimination typically points out taxonomic differences between different groups of people, although anyone may be discriminated against on an ethnic or cultural basis, independently of their somatic differences. According to the United Nations conventions, there is no distinction between the term racial discrimination and ethnic discrimination.

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1 Definitions

1.1 Legal

1.2 Sociological

2 Types

2.1 Racial discrimination

2.2 Institutional

2.3 Economic

2.4 Declarations against racial discrimination

3 Ideology

3.1 Ethnic nationalism

4 Ethnic conflicts

5 Academic variants

5.1 Scientific variants

5.1.1 Heredity and eugenics

5.1.2 Polygenism and racial typologies

5.1.3 Human zoos

6 Evolutionary theories about the origins of racism

7 As state-sponsored activity

8 In history

8.1 In Antiquity

8.2 Middle Ages and Renaissance

8.3 19th century

8.4 In the Age of Enlightenment

8.5 20th century

9 Inter-minority variants

10 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

11 See also

12 References & notes

13 Further reading

14 External links

Definitions

Although the term racism usually denotes race-based prejudice, violence, dislike, discrimination, or oppression, the term can also have varying and contested definitions. Racialism is a related term, sometimes intended to avoid these negative meanings. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, racism is a belief or ideology that all members of each racial group possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially to distinguish it as being either superior or inferior to another racial group or racial groups. [2]

The Merriam-Webster's Dictionary defines racism as a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority or inferiority of a particular racial group, and that it is also the prejudice based on such a belief. The Macquarie Dictionary defines racism as: "the belief that human races have distinctive characteristics which determine their respective cultures, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule or dominate others."

The concept that discrimination can be based on "race" presupposes the existence of "race" itself. However, the US Government's Human Genome Project has announced that the most complete mapping of human DNA to date indicates that there is no distinct genetic basis to racial types.[2] Based on this evidence, "racial characteristics" logically cannot exist either, such as group differences in eye color or human hair color.

According to the Human Genome Project, skin color does exist as a matter of science.[2] So, that which is commonly referred to as "racism" could be more scientifically referred to as "skin color-aroused discrimination". The term "skin color aroused discrimination" has the benefit that it is based on verifiable science, is not based on disproved notions of science, and does not perpetuate a false belief in the disproved concept of biological "race".[2]

According to Charles V Hamilton and Kwame Ture (aka Stokely Carmichael) it (racism) is the predication of decisions & policies on considerations of race for the purpose of subordinating a racial group (ethnicity) and maintaining control over that group[

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Contemporary racism? Anyone?

Does anyone know the definition of contemporary racism? And can they explain what it is in a historical context.

Thank you,

Sam

I didn't even know that was a definition or even a DEFINABLE TERM!

That is just a bullshit social invention (construction.) Its an invented word with an invented definition. Or PERCEPTION rather.

What people perceive can only be described not defined, because once you define it, you label it, and what do you have??? An invented word with a socially constructed concept.

Contemporary racism is not even a term!