Racing vs Racism - What's the difference?
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The sport of competing in races.
* 1870 , Delabere Pritchett Blaine, An encyclopaedia of rural sports (page 231)
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 racing and racism
is that racing is the sport of competing in races while racism is the belief that each race has distinct and intrinsic attributes.As a verb racing
is present participle of lang=en.racing
English
(wikipedia racing)Noun
- Chariot racings are probably, however, those in which the horse first distinguished himself as a courser, and we believe our earliest notices on the subject point to those of Persia, which were practised at the sacrifices made to the sun
Derived terms
* auto racing * car racing * automobile racing * motor racing * horse racing * drag racing * street racingVerb
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*racism
English
(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?