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# racism

«racism» in Mova's school dictionary: **treating people unfairly, or thinking they are worse…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (racism — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Racism is treating people unfairly, or thinking they are worse, because of their race, skin colour, nationality or ethnic group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racism/#m1)

2) Racism is also unfair rules or systems in a society that disadvantage some groups because of race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racism/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In ethics and citizenship lessons, racism is wrong and hurtful, and in many countries racist acts are against the law; pupils learn to report it and stand up for others. In history lessons: slavery, segregation in the USA, apartheid in South Africa, and the work of people like Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela against racism. In sport, campaigns such as «Kick It Out» fight racism. Common phrases: «stand up to racism», «fight racism», «tackle racism», «racism in sport», «institutional racism».

### examples

- Racism is never acceptable at our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racism/#x1)
- Martin Luther King Jr spoke out against racism. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racism/#x2)
- If you see racism, tell a trusted adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racism/#x3)
- The footballers knelt to show they stand against racism. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racism/#x4)
- Apartheid in South Africa was a system of racism. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racism/#x5)
- Calling someone names because of their skin colour is racism. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racism/#x6)
- The book helped us understand how racism hurts people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racism/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective and noun: «racist» (a racist joke; a person who is racist). Related: «prejudice» (judging before knowing), «discrimination» (unfair treatment). Myth: racism is not only open name-calling; it can be quiet or built into rules.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «racism» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racism/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.