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  2. Racism - Wikipedia

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    It is commonly agreed that racism existed before the coinage of the word, but there is not a wide agreement on a single definition of what racism is and what it is not. [11] Today, some scholars of racism prefer to use the concept in the plural racisms , in order to emphasize its many different forms that do not easily fall under a single ...

  3. Societal racism - Wikipedia

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    Societal racism is a type of racism based on a set of institutional, historical, cultural and interpersonal practices within a society that places one or more social or ethnic groups in a better position to succeed and disadvantages other groups so that disparities develop between the groups. [1]

  4. Racial inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Color-blind racism refers to "contemporary racial inequality as the outcome of nonracial dynamics." [5] The types of practices that take place under color blind racism are "subtle, institutional, and apparently nonracial." [5] Those practices are not racially overt in nature such as racism under slavery, segregation, and Jim Crow laws. Instead ...

  5. Institutional racism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This journal aims to provide as much information as possible about anti-black institutional racism. JBHE publishes resources, statistics, and current reports of race-related actions on college and university campuses. [189] For example, JBHE reported on the 2015 University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon racism incident. [202]

  6. 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.

  7. Merriam-Webster changes definition of racism — thanks to ...

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    Kennedy Mitchum is a modern-day agent of change. Thanks to the relatively unknown young black woman, racism has a new definition in the dictionary. The Florissant, Mo., native took matters into ...

  8. Race and health in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Danyelle Solomon argues that "White racism" is the highest cause of unrest in communities, pushing them further apart, and causing more black women and infants to die because of it. [114] Racism affects several components of a black woman's life in regards to being able to give birth or currently carrying.

  9. 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 ...