Fascism vs Racism - What's the difference?
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(historical) A political regime, having totalitarian aspirations, ideologically based on a relationship between business and the centralized government, business-and-government control of the market place, repression of criticism or opposition, a leader cult and exalting the state and/or religion above individual rights. Originally only applied (usually capitalized) to (Benito Mussolini)'s Italy.
By vague analogy, any system of strong autocracy or oligarchy usually to the extent of bending and breaking the law, race-baiting and violence against largely unarmed populations.
The belief that each race has distinct and intrinsic attributes.
The belief that one race is superior to all others.
Prejudice or discrimination based upon race.
* 2007 , Joseph Godson Amamoo, Ghana: 50 years of independence
As nouns the difference between fascism and racism
is that fascism is a political regime, having totalitarian aspirations, ideologically based on a relationship between business and the centralized government, business-and-government control of the market place, repression of criticism or opposition, a leader cult and exalting the state and/or religion above individual rights. Originally only applied (usually capitalized) to Benito Mussolini's Italy while racism is the belief that each race has distinct and intrinsic attributes.fascism
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(en-noun)Derived terms
* anti-fascism * fascist, fascistic, fascistically * fascistoid * Islamofascism, Islamic fascism * neofascism * technofascismAntonyms
* Anti-fascismSee also
* authoritarianism * Blackshirt * Brownshirt * Nazism, Naziism, National Socialism * totalitarianismracism
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(wikipedia racism)Noun
- Malcolm X and Martin Luther King both spoke out against racism .
- For, if racism against non-whites is morally wrong and unjustifiable, then how can racism against whites be morally right and justifiable?