racism

Rassismus, Rassendiskriminierung

Unfaire Behandlung oder negative Vorstellungen über Menschen wegen ihrer vermeintlichen Rasse oder ethnischen Herkunft.

In einfachem Englisch: Unfair treatment of people, or negative beliefs about them, because of their race or ethnic background.

• She experienced racism at work.
• The players reported racism from some fans.
• How can schools help children challenge racism?

So benutzt man es: racism against someone (The group campaigns against racism against immigrants.)

Synonyme: racial prejudice, racial discrimination

Häufige Wendungen: face racism, experience racism, racism against someone

Rassismus

Regeln oder gesellschaftliche Strukturen, die bestimmten ethnischen Gruppen Macht über andere geben.

In einfachem Englisch: Rules or ways of running society that give people of certain races power over others.

• They fought racism in the school system.
• The report exposed institutional racism in housing.
• New laws helped challenge the racism built into public services.

Synonyme: racial discrimination

Häufige Wendungen: institutional racism, structural racism, fight racism

Rassismus

Die Vorstellung, dass die Herkunft menschliche Fähigkeiten bestimmt und manche vermeintlichen Rassen von Natur aus überlegen sind.

In einfachem Englisch: The belief that race determines people’s abilities and that some races are naturally better than others.

• Racism shaped his beliefs about other people.
• The writer rejected the racism behind those theories.
• Their arguments rested on racism rather than evidence.

Häufige Wendungen: reject racism, challenge racism, belief in racism

rassistische Handlung

Eine bestimmte Handlung oder Äußerung, durch die Menschen wegen ihrer ethnischen Herkunft unfair behandelt werden.

In einfachem Englisch: A particular thing someone does or says that treats people unfairly because of their race.

• Was that comment a racism?
• He called his careless joke a racism.
• She described the awkward remark as an accidental racism.

Synonyme: racist act

Häufige Wendungen: accidental racism, casual racism, a racism