racismnoun/ˈɹeɪsɪzm̩/

• 1

  The belief that there are distinct human races with inherent differences which determine their abilities, and generally that some are superior and others inferior.

  • It is altogether inaccurate to suggest that Europe is being indoctrinated with Fascism or Racism.
  • He lost his racism when he worked with a black man in Chicago. He lost his homophobia when he was befriended and looked after by his gay neighbors, a doctor and a nurse, in Little Rock.
• 2

  The policies, practices, or systems (e.g. government or political) promoting this belief or promoting the dominance of one or more races over others.

  • Martin Luther King spoke out against racism.
  • In part, the answer is that racism extends considerably beyond prejudiced beliefs. The essential feature of racism is not hostility or misperception, but rather the defense of a system from which advantage is derived on the basis of race. The manner in which the defense is articulated – either with hostility or subtlety – is not nearly as important as the fact that it insures the continuation of a privileged relationship. Thus it is necessary to broaden the definition of racism beyond prejudice to include sentiments that in their consequence, if not in their intent, support the racial status quo.
• 3

  Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.

  • For, if racism against non-whites is morally wrong and unjustifiable, then how can racism against whites be morally right and justifiable?
  • This was partly true, but the biggest thing stopping him was that he had tried going to a college in Adelaide before and grew tired of the little racisms and discrimination that he got there.
• 4

  An act that could be seen as racist, typically relatively harmless and/or unintentional.

  • I might have just did a racism. (Used similarly to oopsy.)