racism

racismo, discriminación racial

Trato injusto o ideas negativas sobre las personas por su raza u origen étnico.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: racism against someone (The group campaigns against racism against immigrants.)

Sinónimos: racial prejudice, racial discrimination

Expresiones frecuentes: face racism, experience racism, racism against someone

racismo

Normas o formas de organizar la sociedad que dan a ciertos grupos raciales poder sobre otros.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: racial discrimination

Expresiones frecuentes: institutional racism, structural racism, fight racism

racismo

Creencia de que la raza determina las capacidades humanas y de que algunas razas son superiores por naturaleza.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Expresiones frecuentes: reject racism, challenge racism, belief in racism

acto racista

Acción o comentario concreto que trata injustamente a alguien por su raza.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: racist act

Expresiones frecuentes: accidental racism, casual racism, a racism