What is racism? A poll.

[meowse]

A) Racism is a form of bigotry which involves treating people differently based on their perceived ethnicity (often via skin color or stereotypical facial features, accent/syntax/word choice, or other external evidence

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[agrumer]

(D) All of the above.

Racism is a complicated phenomenon. Why would you expect the language around it to be simple?

Anyway, many people call (B) "institutional racism". I haven't run into a clarifying two-word name for the other kind.

[meowse]

I'll take "A) Racist actions. B) Institutional racism. C) Racist beliefs."

How 'bout you?

[agrumer]

Hrm. I'm looking for "[adjective] racism". "Racist [noun]" will just muddy things up, because people won't know what kind of racism you're talking about.

[catsidhe]

A: behavioural racism
B: institutional racism
C: cognitive racism
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[agrumer]

George Orwell used "color feeling" (though he spelled it "colour") for C in "Notes on Nationalism". Somehow I don't see that term catching on nowadays.