"Racial discrimination is any discrimination against any individual on the basis of their skin color, race, or ethnic origin."
The unfair treatment of individuals or groups based on their race or ethnicity.
Stereotyping: The process of forming assumptions or beliefs about a group of people based on their perceived characteristics or behaviors.
Prejudice: An unjustified negative attitude or feeling towards certain groups of people based on stereotypes or generalizations.
Discrimination: The unjust or unfair treatment of individuals based on their membership in a particular class or category.
Racism: A system of institutionalized power that creates and maintains unequal social and economic relationships between individuals and groups based on racial categories.
Intersectionality: The interconnected nature of social categories such as race, gender, and class, which creates unique experiences and forms of discrimination for individuals based on the intersections of these categories.
Privilege: The advantages and benefits that individuals or groups accrue based on their social identity, which may be invisible or taken for granted.
Microaggressions: Brief and commonplace verbal or behavioral expressions of bias that communicate negative or demeaning messages to individuals based on their social identity.
Cultural Appropriation: The adoption of elements of one culture by members of another culture, typically with little understanding, respect, or acknowledgement of the originating culture.
Whiteness: The invisible cultural norms, values, and beliefs that promote and reinforce systems of white supremacy and privilege.
Marginalization: The process by which certain groups of people are excluded or pushed to the margins of society based on their social identity.
Allyship: The process of actively supporting, advocating for, and taking action on behalf of marginalized groups, typically by individuals who do not share the same social identity.
Colorism: The system of discrimination whereby individuals are treated differently based on the shade of their skin tone.
Heteronormativity: The dominant cultural belief that heterosexuality is the norm or default, leading to the marginalization and discrimination of LGBTQ individuals.
Gender binary: The belief that there are only two distinct and opposite genders, male and female, and that individuals must conform to one or the other.
Sexism: The systemic and institutionalized discrimination and marginalization of individuals based on their sex or gender identity.
Racial discrimination: Treating people differently based on their race, skin color or ethnicity. For instance, hate crimes, racial profiling, racial slurs, etc.
Gender discrimination: Treating or promoting people based on their perceived gender, sex or gender identity. Examples can be gender stereotyping, unequal pay, sexual harassment, and denial of basic human rights.
Sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination: Discrimination and mistreatment based on an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity. This includes denial of employment or housing, bullying at school, and exclusion from activities due to one's sexual orientation or gender identity.
Religious discrimination: Mistreating and stigmatizing people based on their religious beliefs, practices, or lack of religious beliefs. This includes discrimination in education, employment, and housing.
Age discrimination: Discrimination based on an individual's age. For example, limiting job opportunities for older workers, denying educational opportunities and social services.
Disability discrimination: Treating individuals with physical or mental disabilities differently or unfairly, in areas of education, employment, and housing.
National origin discrimination: Treating or denying individuals opportunities solely based on their place of birth or ancestry.
"Individuals can discriminate by refusing to do business with, socialize with, or share resources with people of a certain group."
"Governments can discriminate in a de facto fashion or explicitly in law, for example through policies of racial segregation, disparate enforcement of laws, or disproportionate allocation of resources."
"Some jurisdictions have anti-discrimination laws which prohibit the government or individuals from discriminating based on race (and sometimes other factors) in various circumstances."
"Some institutions and laws use affirmative action to attempt to overcome or compensate for the effects of racial discrimination."
"Some institutions and laws use affirmative action to attempt to overcome or compensate for the effects of racial discrimination."
"In some cases, this is simply enhanced recruitment of members of underrepresented groups; in other cases, there are firm racial quotas."
"Opponents of strong remedies like quotas characterize them as reverse discrimination, where members of a dominant or majority group are discriminated against."
"Some jurisdictions have anti-discrimination laws which prohibit the government or individuals from discriminating based on race (and sometimes other factors) in various circumstances."
"Individuals can discriminate by refusing to do business with, socialize with, or share resources with people of a certain group."
"Governments can discriminate in a de facto fashion or explicitly in law, for example through policies of racial segregation, disparate enforcement of laws, or disproportionate allocation of resources."
"Governments can discriminate in a de facto fashion or explicitly in law, for example through policies of racial segregation, disparate enforcement of laws, or disproportionate allocation of resources."
"Some jurisdictions have anti-discrimination laws which prohibit the government or individuals from discriminating based on race (and sometimes other factors) in various circumstances."
"Opponents of strong remedies like quotas characterize them as reverse discrimination, where members of a dominant or majority group are discriminated against."
"Some institutions and laws use affirmative action to attempt to overcome or compensate for the effects of racial discrimination."
"Some institutions and laws use affirmative action to attempt to overcome or compensate for the effects of racial discrimination."
"Racial discrimination is any discrimination against any individual on the basis of their skin color, race, or ethnic origin."
"Some jurisdictions have anti-discrimination laws which prohibit the government or individuals from discriminating based on race (and sometimes other factors) in various circumstances."
"Racial discrimination is any discrimination against any individual on the basis of their skin color, race, or ethnic origin."
"Opponents of strong remedies like quotas characterize them as reverse discrimination, where members of a dominant or majority group are discriminated against."