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Race Equality
Definitions
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Race
- A classification of people with reference to colour, nationality, geography or national origin.
- A grouping of people defined by society to distinguish different communities.
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Racial Prejudice
- Oppression of one person or a group of people on the basis of colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins.
- Pre-judgement of a group belonging to a different racial group.
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Racism
- Oppression of one person or a group of people on the basis of colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins.
- A difference of power exists between groups.
- Can take the form of:
a) personal racism e.g. verbal abuse, physical attack or;
b) institutional racism i.e. practices and procedures, which deprive a racial group of equality of opportunity and access to society's resources e.g. poor housing.
Racism can be overt or covert, intentional or unintentional.
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Black<br>]
- People who are not white e.g. people of Asian, African, Caribbean origin.
- Positive term used to unite people who face racism and discrimination.
- Can be a problem because some groups e.g. Asian, object to it.
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Mixed race or dual / mixed heritage
- Child with parents from different racial groups.
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Ethnic Minority
Group which share:
- a common history
- a cultural tradition
- common ancestery / common geographical origin
- a common language
- a common literature
- a common religion
- are in the minority
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Discrimination
- Treating someone differently (generally unfavourably) because of a particular characteristic e.g. gender, racial origin, age, sexuality.
- Direct racial discrimination is treating another less favourably because of their racial group.
- Indirect discrimination is when a rule, condition or requirement is applied equally to all groups but results in an unbalanced negative effect on a particular group and cannot be justified as necessary for the job.
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