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Racism (Topical Term)

Preferred form: Racism

Originally created in 1997, the Homosaurus vocabulary is an international linked data vocabulary of LGBTQ terms that is currently maintained by the Homosaurus Editorial Board.

The belief that groups of human beings possess different inherent behavioral traits that correspond to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. This term also encompasses prejudice, discrimination, and antagonism (whether personal or systematic) directed against other people because of their race and its perceived inferiority.

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