racism

人種差別

人種や民族的な出自を理由に、人を不公平に扱ったり悪く思ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： racism against someone (The group campaigns against racism against immigrants.)

類義語： racial prejudice, racial discrimination

よく使う表現： face racism, experience racism, racism against someone

人種差別

特定の人種の人々が他の人々を支配できるようにする規則や社会の仕組み。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： racial discrimination

よく使う表現： institutional racism, structural racism, fight racism

人種差別主義

能力は人種で決まり、一部の人種は生まれつき優れているという考え。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： reject racism, challenge racism, belief in racism

人種差別的行為

人種を理由に人を不公平に扱う、特定の行動や発言。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： racist act

よく使う表現： accidental racism, casual racism, a racism