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• Racial profiling — refers to the use of an individual’s race or ethnicity by law enforcement personnel as a key factor in deciding whether to engage in enforcement (e.g. make a traffic stop or arrest). The practice is controversial and is illegal in some nations.… …   Wikipedia

• Racial steering — refers to the practice in which real estate brokers guide prospective home buyers towards or away from certain neighborhoods based on their race. Racial steering as defined by The Yale Law Journal is often divided into two broad classes of… …   Wikipedia

• Racial segregation in the United States — is the racial segregation of facilities, services, and opportunities such as housing, education, employment, and transportation along racial lines. The expression refers primarily to the legally or socially enforced separation of African… …   Wikipedia

• Racial politics — is a term used to describe politicians waving the name of race to gain benefit of their own.Racial politics in MalaysiaMalaysian politician Chang Ko Youn put forward Malaysia has practised racial politics for 51 years and we know it is divisive… …   Wikipedia

• Racial formation theory — is an analytical tool, developed by Michael Omi and Howard Winant, which is used to look at race as a socially constructed identity, where the content and importance of racial categories is determined by social, economic, and political forces… …   Wikipedia

• Racial antisemitism — is the belief that antisemitism, hatred or prejudice toward Jews, is justified and justifiable on racial and not religious grounds. It is asserted that Jews are a distinct racial or ethnic group, which is inferior and works against the racial or… …   Wikipedia

• Racial democracy — (Portuguese: Democracia racial ) is a term used by some to describe race relations in Brazil. The term denotes some scholars belief that Brazil has escaped the racism and racial discrimination of other countries, most notably the United States.… …   Wikipedia

• Racial hygiene — (often labeled a form of scientific racism ) is the selection, by a government, of the putatively most physical, intellectual and moral persons to raise the next generation (selective breeding) and a close alignment of public health with eugenics …   Wikipedia

• Racial liberalism era — Racial liberalism is an era in American history during the 1940s that is considered by many historians as the precursor to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. CausesHistorians contend that the era of racial liberalism had its roots… …   Wikipedia

• racial — racial, iale, iaux [ rasjal, jo ] adj. • 1911; de race ♦ Relatif à la race, aux races (III). « Il s en faut que l hérédité soit seulement spécifique ou raciale » (J. Rostand). La question, la politique raciale (dans certains États).… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Racial realism — is a term used to describe two directly opposed positions, both motivated by the perceived durability and social importance of racial distinctions.The term racial realism has been used to describe the claim that racial distinctions are socially… …   Wikipedia