Difference between revisions of "Racism"

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-'''Racism''' is [[prejudice]] and [[discrimination]] based on [[race]].
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-An example is a claim that of inferiority or superiority based on the color of one's skin.  Another example was the [[Jim Crow]] laws.
-Racism has come to mean the hatred of another person because of the color of his or her skin, or perceived difference in origin.  The doctrine of [[substantive due process]] in United States constitutional law can be used to invalidate racist laws.  Alternately, the [[Equal Protection|equal protection]] clause of the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] can be used to do the same.  ''See e.g.'' [[Brown v. Board of Education]], 347 U.S. 483 (1954).
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