On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Racism. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as bias or prejudice and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Racism meaning
- The belief that there are distinct human races with inherent differences which determine their abilities, and generally that some are superior and others inferior.
- The policies, practices, or systems (e.g. government or political) promoting this belief or promoting the dominance of one or more races over others.
- Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.
Synonyms of Racism
Using Racism
- The main meaning on this page is: The belief that there are distinct human races with inherent differences which determine their abilities, and generally that some are superior and others inferior. | The policies, practices, or systems (e.g. government or political) promoting this belief or promoting the dominance of one or more races over others. | Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.
- Useful related words include: bias, prejudice, preconception, racialism.
- In the example corpus, racism often appears in combinations such as: racism and, of racism, racism in.
Context around Racism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Racism
- In this selection, "racism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anti, black, aversive, data, protesters and using stand out and add context to how "racism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about how racism in the, about white racism before proceeding and systemic racism. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "racism" sits close to words such as anyway, contribution and kate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with racism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Her poem was ‘Racism Oh Racism’. (6 words)
I’m currently writing a book arguing racism in Latin America, specifically anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism. (18 words)
Racism existing in all levels of government and services make it even harder for environmenal racism to come to light. (20 words)
Yorkshire and a number of individuals were charged by the ECB in June after an investigation into racism claims made by former player Azeem Rafiq, who alleged in 2021 he had been a victim of institutional racism at the club. (40 words)
Alex Singh holds up a sign that says, “Racism is a Pandemic”, during a peaceful protest against police brutality and systemic racism in front of SF State at 19th and Holloway in San Francisco California on Sunday June 7, 2020. (40 words)
Aversive racism main Aversive racism is a form of implicit racism in which a person's unconscious negative evaluations of racial or ethnic minorities are realized by a persistent avoidance of interaction with other racial and ethnic groups. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
We also measured participants’ anti-Black racism using the symbolic racism scale, which is a well-validated and commonly used measure of anti-Black racism.
Show Racism the Red Card is an anti-racism educational that uses workshops and training sessions, among other resources, to educate on and combat racism.
Aversive racism main Aversive racism is a form of implicit racism in which a person's unconscious negative evaluations of racial or ethnic minorities are realized by a persistent avoidance of interaction with other racial and ethnic groups.
During a segment on Lee has spent her decadeslong career “shrieking about white racism,” before proceeding to show a reel of her speaking quite calmly (and factually) about the realities of racism in America.
He learned about how racism in the north differed from racism in the south and that was an important part of his evolution.
Her poem was ‘Racism Oh Racism’.
Racism existing in all levels of government and services make it even harder for environmenal racism to come to light.
Since the Anti-Racism Data Act came into effect last June, the province has created an 11-person anti-racism data committee, appointed last September.
What is often overlooked, Kundnani argues, is that there are two definitions at stake in contemporary debates: a liberal anti-racism and a more radical anti-racism.
Yorkshire and a number of individuals were charged by the ECB in June after an investigation into racism claims made by former player Azeem Rafiq, who alleged in 2021 he had been a victim of institutional racism at the club.
A counter-protest, organised by Nottingham Stand Up to Racism, Nottinghamshire Trades Union Council, and Derby Stand Up to Racism, will also take place on Saturday at 1pm at the Statue.
I’m currently writing a book arguing racism in Latin America, specifically anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism.
May 27 marked the start of Anti-Racism Awareness Week in B.C., an opportunity to reflect on the ongoing legacy of racism in our society and our continued commitment to fight it.
Oakgrove Primary School’s Edel Sweeney was named Anti-Racism Teacher of the Year while Dr. Mukesh Chugh picked up the Anti-Racism Leader of the Year gong.
Racism never went away, it was just subverted by racists into being something that could become everything except doing the actual work of anti-racism”.
The horrors of the Holocaust, for example, meant that it cloaked its racism around a defence of “Western culture” rather than biological racism.
Act to End Racism,” a new initiative designed to empower businesses, nonprofits and individuals to use their influence to fight against systemic racism.
Alex Singh holds up a sign that says, “Racism is a Pandemic”, during a peaceful protest against police brutality and systemic racism in front of SF State at 19th and Holloway in San Francisco California on Sunday June 7, 2020.
Anti-racism protesters in Washington DC tear down statue of Confederate general Anti-racism protesters in Washington, D.C. have toppled a statue of a Confederate general and set it on fire.
As Utahns protest police brutality and racism against black people, the wheels of environmental racism are turning in southeastern Utah.
Phrases with racism
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with racism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- racism and 39×
- of racism 32×
- racism in 23×
- systemic racism 22×
- and racism 17×
- racism is 12×
- to racism 12×
- against racism 12×
- the racism 11×
- that racism 8×