| LC control no. | sh 85110237 |
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| Topical heading | Race discrimination |
| Variant(s) | Bias, Racial Discrimination, Racial Oppression, Race Oppression, Racial Race bias Racial bias Racial discrimination Race oppression Racial oppression |
| See also | Discrimination |
| Scope note | Here are entered works which are limited to overt discriminatory behavior directed against racial or ethnic groups. Works on racism as an attitude as well as works on both attitude and overt discriminatory behavior directed against racial or ethnic groups are entered under Racism. Works on discrimination directed against a particular group are entered under the name of the group with subdivision Social conditions, or similar subdivision, e.g. Civil rights. When the heading Race discrimination is subdivided by place, a second subject entry is made in each case under the name of the place subdivided by Race relations. |
| Subject example tracing | Notes under Racism; Racial justice |
| Found in | Equity vs. equality and other racial justice definitions, via Annie E. Casey Foundation website, Sept. 18, 2023 (Racism: The concept of racism is widely thought of as simply personal prejudice, but in fact, it is a complex system of racial hierarchies and inequities. At the micro level of racism, or individual level, are internalized and interpersonal racism. At the macro level of racism, we look beyond the individuals to the broader dynamics, including institutional and structural racism; Racial Privilege and Racial Oppression: Like two sides of the same coin, racial privilege describes race-based advantages and preferential treatment based on skin color, while racial oppression refers to race-based disadvantages, discrimination and exploitation based on skin color) Social identities and systems of oppression, via National Museum of African American History & Culture website, Sept. 18, 2023 ("Oppression" refers to a combination of prejudice and institutional power that creates a system that regularly and severely discriminates against some groups and benefits other groups; In the United States, systems of oppression (like systemic racism) are woven into the very foundation of American culture, society, and laws. Other examples of systems of oppression are sexism, heterosexism, ableism, classism, ageism, and anti-Semitism) Bivens, Donna. Internalized racism : a definition, 1995, viewed online Sept. 18, 2023 (we see racism as a system of oppression based on race that in this country is perpetrated by white people against people of color) Wikipedia, Sept. 18, 2023: Oppression (Oppression is malicious or unjust treatment of, or exercise of power over, a group of individuals, often in the form of governmental authority or cultural opprobrium; Racial oppression: Race or racial oppression is defined as: " ...burdening a specific race with unjust or cruel restraints or impositions. Racial oppression may be social, systematic, institutionalized, or internalized. Social forms of racial oppression include exploitation and mistreatment that is socially supported.") |
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