what does racism mean?

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What does racism mean?

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Racism refers to misplaced discrimination and hatred towards a human being just because of his race.

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not only color of skin but also religion, language, nationality, etc.

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could be a reason behind racial prejudice.

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For example, racial behavior against black people can represent this matter excellently.

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Anti-Arabism and anti-Afghanism are examples of such racial behaviors, which can be seen among Iranians.

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Racism is an ideology, which related race to none-biological phenomena like religion, language, customs, etc.

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and considers some races as superior.

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In this ideology, racial superiority is not detached to environmental and social condition but destiny made some human races inferior.

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Basically, racism is kind of prejudgment and discrimination, which focuses on differences, which come from racial and cultural alterations that originates from language, customs, religion, history, etc.

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Like: “I’m white and you’re not.

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So, I’m better than you”.

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It seems that common feature of different types of racism is:

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1-Racism considers specific and crucial quality or qualities for a race or ethnicity.

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2-Such qualities are described, in the way that show superiority of a race in comparison to another race (biological superiority) or inferiority of a race in comparison to another race (biological inferiority).

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3-The most important thing is that any racial superiority or inferiority is eventually caused racial discrimination and negative moral judgment.

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If one lets those racial beliefs ban someone’s progress, racism happens.

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Those who prohibit a specific race from some jobs, habitation, political rights, educational opportunities, social interactions, etc.

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are called racists.

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One of the main reasons of racism is that it guarantees control of majority on minority.

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