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racism

 noun
     
ra‧cis‧m [uncountable]
1 unfair treatment of people, or violence against them, because they belong to a different race from your own:
The government has promised to continue the fight against racism.
the problem of racism in schools
2 the belief that different races of people have different characters and abilities, and that your own race is the best
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