Sofia on Nostr: racism just refers to prejudice based on "race", you are specifically referring to ...

racism just refers to prejudice based on "race", you are specifically referring to *institutional/systemic racism*, which is a kind of racism, but something doesn't have to be institutional/systemic racism to be racism

>Racism is the belief that humans can be divided into separate and exclusive biological entities called “races”; that there is a causal link between inherited physical traits and traits of personality, intellect, morality, and other cultural and behavioral features; and that some races are innately superior to others.
source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/racism

>institutional racism, the perpetuation of discrimination on the basis of “race” by political, economic, or legal institutions and systems.
source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/institutional-racism