Here is a video program which records the reaction of people on different events. in this video they have recorded reaction of americans when they see a Muslim is mistreated.
or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior
and has the right to rule others.
In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet.
It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature
(i.e. which harms particular groups of people), and which is often justified by recourse to racial
stereotyping or pseudo-science.
such as extremism, hatred, xenophobia, (malignant or forced) exploitation, separatism, racial supremacy,
mass murder (for the purpose of genocide), genocide denial, vigilantism (hate crimes, terrorism), etc.
cultural basis, independent of their somatic (i.e. "racial") differences. According to the
United Nations conventions, there is no distinction between the term racial discrimination
and ethnicity discrimination.
(which some regard as "discrimination") of members of that race. The term is commonly used negatively
and is usually associated with race-based prejudice, violence, dislike, discrimination, or oppression,
the term can also have varying and contested definitions. Racialism is a related term,
sometimes intended to avoid these negative meanings.
the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,
the term "racial discrimination" shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction,
or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin that has the purpose or
effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing,
of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or
any other field of public life.
David Wellman has defined racism as "culturally sanctioned beliefs, which, regardless of intentions involved,
defend the advantages whites have because of the subordinated position of racial minorities".
unreasonable fear or hatred of the unfamiliar, especially people of other races (Webster's)[20] The Dictionary
of Psychology defines it as "a fear of strangers".
Supremacism:
During the early 20th century, the phrase "The White Man's Burden" was widely used to justify imperialist policy
as a noble enterprise.
such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a bath room, attending school, going to the movies,
or in the rental or purchase of a home. Segregation is generally outlawed, but may exist through social norms,
even when there is no strong individual preference for it, as suggested by Thomas Schelling's models of segregation
and subsequent work.
Types:
Racial discrimination:
not necessarily related to races for purposes of differential treatment.
Institutional:
by governments, corporations, religions, or educational institutions or other large organizations with the power
to influence the lives of many individuals.
historical reasons, affecting the present generation through deficits in the formal education and kinds of
preparation in previous generation, and through primarily unconscious racist attitudes and actions on members
of the general population.
by a majority, but not adopted in the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. In 1943, Japan and its allies declared work for
the abolition of racial discrimination to be their aim at the Greater East Asia Conference. Article 1 of the 1945
UN Charter includes "promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without
distinction as to race" as UN purpose.
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the legal effect of which, if any, would necessarily be limited
to Institutions of the European Union: "Article 21 of the charter prohibits discrimination on any ground such as race,
color, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion,
membership of a national minority, property, disability, age or sexual orientation and also discrimination on the grounds of nationality."
Although such racist ideologies have been widely discredited after World War II and the Holocaust, racism and racial discrimination
have remained widespread around the world.
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