racism

racisme, discrimination raciale

Traitement injuste ou préjugés envers des personnes en raison de leur race ou de leur origine ethnique.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : racism against someone (The group campaigns against racism against immigrants.)

Synonymes : racial prejudice, racial discrimination

Expressions courantes : face racism, experience racism, racism against someone

racisme

Règles ou organisation de la société donnant à certains groupes raciaux du pouvoir sur les autres.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : racial discrimination

Expressions courantes : institutional racism, structural racism, fight racism

racisme

Croyance que la race détermine les capacités et que certaines races sont naturellement supérieures aux autres.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : reject racism, challenge racism, belief in racism

acte raciste

Acte ou parole qui traite une personne injustement en raison de sa race.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : racist act

Expressions courantes : accidental racism, casual racism, a racism