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What is the term racism?

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  1. The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, esp. so as to distinguish it as...
  2. Prejudice or discrimination directed against someone of a different race based on such a belief.
  3. The belief that a race is better than another race or that one's own race is better than another race.
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The belief the one race is better than another ~ apex

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The mistreatment of a group of people merely because of their racial identity

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