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Race Suicide Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
In a 1901 address, “The Causes of Race Superiority,” the influential sociologist Edward A. Ross declared that “Anglo‐Saxons”—by which he ...
Racism Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
This entry consists of two subentries: ...
Race and Racism Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World (2 ed.)
The study of race and racism is a rapidly growing field in the social sciences. Over the past few decades ...
Race Relations and War Reference library
The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Race relations have helped shape, and in turn have been shaped by, the conduct of American wars; and the dominant ...
Racism Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing
Popular fiction in general and detective fiction in particular, as literature consciously designed to appeal to a mass audience, naturally ...
Racial Discrimination Quick reference
A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion
A major source for the Jewish view on racial discrimination is the prosaic account of the family of nations (Genesis ...
Race Reference library
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
[This entry includes two subentries, an overview and a discussion of racism in Latin America. See also Race ...
Racism Reference library
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
[This entry includes two subentries, an overview and a discussion of racism in the United States. See also ...
Race and Racism Reference library
Earl M. Maltz; and Charles L. Zelden
The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States (2 ed.)
Problems of race and race relations—particularly issues concerning the status of African‐Americans—have played a prominent role in American political life ...
Race Discrimination and the Death Penalty Reference library
David C. Baldus, Charles A. Pulaski, and George Woodworth
The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States (2 ed.)
The Supreme Court did not directly address a constitutional claim that the death penalty is administered in a racially discriminatory ...
Racial Discrimination Reference library
Encyclopedia of Human Rights
[See Racial Discrimination: Origins and Patterns and Racial Discrimination Convention.] ...
Racism Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States
permeates American society, a tragic legacy of the nation's history. With the arrival of Europeans on the continent, racism shaped ...
Racism Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
A combination of institutional power and prejudice against members of racial or ethnic groups other than one's own, racism has ...
racism Reference library
Dictionary of the Social Sciences
A form of prejudice based on the belief that certain racial groups are inherently superior to others. Racist discourse generally ...
Race and Racialization Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
Despite the scientific disrepute of the concept of race, many people believe that human beings can be described, classified, and ...
Racial Profiling Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
In the late 1990s, police targeting of African Americans, Latinas and Latinos, and other racial minorities for traffic stops on ...
Racism Reference library
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619–1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass
Prior to the 1830s, in both the North and the South, the inferiority of black Americans was generally accepted as ...
Racial Profiling Reference library
Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present
“Racial profiling” is the term used to describe the practice of treating a person as a criminal suspect because of ...
Racism Reference library
Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present
Racism classifies human beings into distinct and differentially valued racial groups, which are assumed to indicate intelligence, moral character, work ...
racial discrimination Reference library
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (3 ed.)
The present international law on racial discrimination derives from the U.N. Charter, which in art. 1(3) states that one of ...
