Although the term racism usually means race-based prejudice, violence, discrimination, or oppression, the term can also have other definitions. Racialism is a related term, sometimes intended to avoid these negative meanings. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, racism is a "belief or ideology that all members of each racial group possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially to distinguish it as being either superior or inferior to another racial group or racial groups."
The concept that discrimination can be based on "race" assumes the existence of "race" itself. The US Government's Human Genome Program has announced that "the most complete mapping of human DNA to date indicates that there is no distinct genetic basis to racial types." Therefore, "racial characteristics" logically cannot and do not exist either.
According to the Human Genome Project, "skin color does exist as a matter of science."So that which is commonly referred to as "racism" could be more scientifically referred to as "skin color-aroused discrimination". The term "skin color aroused discrimination" has the benefit that it is based on verifiable science, is not based on disproved notions of science, and does not perpetuate a false belief in the disproved concept of biological "race".
Among the years people developed a high sense of discrimination based on skin color, and very often they attributed certain behaviors and attitudes to certain races. In a society desperately trying to extinguish the notion of racism, some races can take advantage of that and others could start feeling marginalized. In countries where there predominates only one race, the notions of racism and skin color-aroused discrimination are barely met.
Instead other problems are raise like social class discrimination, religious beliefs intolerance, sexual orientation discrimination and political views discrimination. It seems that people tend to find as many differences as they can between them so they can rank themselves. Most of the time the criteria people use to establish those differences are superficial and do not express the reality. Skin color cannot say if a person is able or not to complete a certain task and social status cannot make someone eligible for a job.
The concept that discrimination can be based on "race" assumes the existence of "race" itself. The US Government's Human Genome Program has announced that "the most complete mapping of human DNA to date indicates that there is no distinct genetic basis to racial types." Therefore, "racial characteristics" logically cannot and do not exist either.
According to the Human Genome Project, "skin color does exist as a matter of science."So that which is commonly referred to as "racism" could be more scientifically referred to as "skin color-aroused discrimination". The term "skin color aroused discrimination" has the benefit that it is based on verifiable science, is not based on disproved notions of science, and does not perpetuate a false belief in the disproved concept of biological "race".
Among the years people developed a high sense of discrimination based on skin color, and very often they attributed certain behaviors and attitudes to certain races. In a society desperately trying to extinguish the notion of racism, some races can take advantage of that and others could start feeling marginalized. In countries where there predominates only one race, the notions of racism and skin color-aroused discrimination are barely met.
Instead other problems are raise like social class discrimination, religious beliefs intolerance, sexual orientation discrimination and political views discrimination. It seems that people tend to find as many differences as they can between them so they can rank themselves. Most of the time the criteria people use to establish those differences are superficial and do not express the reality. Skin color cannot say if a person is able or not to complete a certain task and social status cannot make someone eligible for a job.
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