racists
Hateful, biased people
Racists are people who believe certain racial groups are inherently superior or inferior to others, or who discriminate based on race.
The term applies both to those with explicit prejudices and to those whose actions perpetuate racial inequality: The policy was designed by racists.
Someone called a racist may hold overtly hostile views or simply fail to examine assumptions that harm others.
Intolerance toward differing views
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
bias · contempt · animosity · hostility · ignorance · narrow-mindedness · chauvinism · superiority
Highest rank or power
- white nationalismIdeology favoring Caucasian dominance
- segregationForced separation by group
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
nativism · anti-Semitism · casteism · Islamophobia · neo-Nazism · colorism · eugenics · skinheads
Unjust differential treatment
- slursDemeaning identity-based insults
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
- hate crimesOffenses targeting protected characteristics
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
stereotyping · scapegoating · microaggressions · exclusion · dehumanization · othering · mockery · intimidation
Absence of knowledge
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- fearEmotional response to threat
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
- projectionSomething that extends outward
tribalism · conformity · radicalization · echo chambers · groupthink · cognitive dissonance · denial · defensiveness
bigotry
Intolerance toward differing views
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
xenophobia · bias · contempt · animosity · hostility · ignorance · narrow-mindedness · chauvinism · superiority · resentment
supremacy
Highest rank or power
- white nationalismIdeology favoring Caucasian dominance
- segregationForced separation by group
- apartheidRacial separation policy
ethnocentrism · nativism · anti-Semitism · casteism · Islamophobia · neo-Nazism · colorism · eugenics · skinheads · Klan
discrimination
Unjust differential treatment
- slursDemeaning identity-based insults
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
- hate crimesOffenses targeting protected characteristics
profiling · stereotyping · scapegoating · microaggressions · exclusion · dehumanization · othering · mockery · intimidation · violence
ignorance
Absence of knowledge
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- fearEmotional response to threat
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
projection · tribalism · conformity · radicalization · echo chambers · groupthink · cognitive dissonance · denial · defensiveness · victimhood
racistsegalitarians
Advocates for equal rights
anti-racists · integrationists · universalists · humanists · civil rights activists
racistsabolitionists
Those opposing human bondage
freedom fighters · Martin Luther King Jr. · Nelson Mandela · desegregationists
- systemic racismDiscrimination embedded in institutions
- racist jokesHumor targeting ethnic groups
- institutional racismPrejudice embedded in organizations
- institutionalized racismDiscrimination embedded in organizations
- reverse racismPrejudice toward historically advantaged groups
- environmental racismDisproportionate pollution burden on minorities
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