Racial Discrimination

Definition: Racial Discrimination

Racial Discrimination

Noun

1. Discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race.

Domain	Definitions
Law	An offence against public order in which a person discriminates against or denigrates another on the grounds of race, ethnic origin or religion whether verbally, in writing or pictorially, by using gestures, or through acts of aggression, public incitement to hate or discrimination, the dissemination of ideologies, the conduct of propaganda campaigns, the denial, playing down or justification of genocide or other crimes against humanity or in any other way which violates human dignity, or in which a person who offers a service to the general public refuses to provide that service to another on the grounds of that person's race, ethnic origin or religion. Source: European Union. (references)
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Racial discrimination is the practice of perceiving or defining persons to be of lesser or greater intrinsic value, capability, or merit, based on their racial characteristics, and acting on that perception to the detriment of its targets. Racially discriminating actions may include racial segregation, redlining, or differing reactions by employers or neighbors. In some cases, the basis for discrimination is simply that the people discriminating perceive the targets of discrimination to be different from themselves.

Racial discrimination has been practiced unabashedly in many societies. Often, it has been so widely accepted in certain forms as to amount to rule of law. In the modern era, many people have felt it to be wrong, and various anti-racist movements have been launched to highlight the practice and attempt to move to meritocratic practices and beliefs. Some such movements have been the civil rights movement in the United States and the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.

Synonyms: Racial Discrimination

Synonyms: racialism (n), racism (n). (additional references)

Domain	Title
Books	Roberts vs. Texaco: How Arrogance, Abuse and Racial Discrimination Proved Costly : An Exclusive Interview with Bari-Ellen Roberts [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) The Psychology of Racial Discrimination (reference) By Due Process of Law?: Racial Discrimination and the Right to Vote in South Africa 1855-1960 (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Children	Czech Republic	In 1999 12 Romani families filed suit in the Constitutional Court to protest the "de facto segregation" of Romani children into special schools; however, the Constitutional Court rejected the complaint in November 1999 and stated that it did not have the power to order the Ministry of Education to create programs to end racial discrimination. (references)
Discrimination	Cuba	The Constitution forbids discrimination based on race, sex, or national origin, although evidence suggests that racial discrimination occurs frequently. (references)
Economic History	Swaziland	After World War II, however, South Africa's intensification of racial discrimination induced the United Kingdom to prepare Swaziland for independence. (references)
Human Rights	Hong Kong	As part of a PRC delegation, the Government attended a July 31-August 1 Geneva hearing under the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. (references)
	Australia	Some indigenous groups charge that police harassment of indigenous people is pervasive and that racial discrimination among police and prison custodians persists. (references)
	Macau	In August Macau submitted the first report ever presented on the application in Macau of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination, which reaffirmed the Government's commitment to comply with the convention. (references)
Indigenous People	Paraguay	Low wages, long work hours, infrequent payment (or nonpayment) of wages, job insecurity, lack of access to social security benefits, and racial discrimination are common. (references)
	Australia	Indigenous groups charge that police harassment of indigenous people, including juveniles, is pervasive and that racial discrimination among police and prison custodians persists. (references)
	Chile	The Government was preparing a response to a 1999 suggestion from the U.N. Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination that the Government apologize to and compensate indigenous people for their historical treatment, and explicitly outlaw racial and ethnic discrimination. (references)
Minorities	Panama	Racial discrimination against all ethnic groups is evident in the workplace. (references)
	Switzerland	In 1999 and 2000, approximately 50 persons were convicted of racial discrimination. (references)
	Iceland	There is no law that prohibits organizations that promote and incite racial discrimination. (references)
Political Economy	Hungary	Anti-Semitic and racial discrimination persisted and a number of racially motivated attacks, particularly against Roma were reported during the year. (references)
	Fiji	Other human rights problems include several political and arbitrary or unlawful deprivations of life; occasional police and military abuse of detainees and suspects; informal and formal constraints on the freedom of speech and the press and self-censorship; restrictions on freedom of assembly and movement; violence and discrimination against women; instances of abuse of children; and racial discrimination and violence. (references)
Political Rights	Costa Rica	The country's 100,000 Afro-Caribbeans, who mostly reside in that province, enjoy full rights of citizenship, including the protection of laws against racial discrimination. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	As far as the writ of Federal law will run, we must abolish not some, but all racial discrimination.
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Language		Translations for "racial discrimination"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		VN (Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Vietnam), Commissie inz. Uitbanning van Rassendiscriminatie (Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination). (various references)

Finnish		rotusyrjintä. (various references)

French		discrimination raciale. (various references)

German		Rassendiskriminierung (jim crow). (various references)

Greek		φυλετικόσ διαχωρισμόσ (colour bar). (various references)

Hungarian		faji megkülönböztetés (apartheid, colour bar, segregation). (various references)

Italian		discriminazione razziale (apartheid). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		人種差別 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		じ�"しゅさべつ. (various references)

Pig Latin		acialray iscriminationday.(various references)

Spanish		discriminación racial (jim crow). (various references)

Swedish		rasdiskriminering (color bar, colour bar). (various references)

Turkish		ırkçılık (apartheid, ethnocentrism, race discrimination, racialism, racism, segregation), ırk ayrımı (apartheid, color bar, color line, colour bar, colour line, race discrimination, segregation). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-d-i-i-i-i-i-l-m-n-n-o-r-r-s-t"
	-4 letters: discriminational.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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racial discrimination	281
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racial discrimination on the job	4
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Racial Discrimination

Definition: Racial Discrimination