| ▲ | freetonik 6 hours ago | |
>In my native language, the word racism is used for discrimination or prejudice against anything foreign (nation, race, language, ...). Curious which language is that, and if "racism" is an accurate translation to English. What you describe sounds more like xenophobia. | ||
| ▲ | sspiff 5 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Dutch. The word is "racisme", and the entry for it in our dictionary[0] states: > Racism is a form of discrimination in which a person is judged on the basis of his or her ethnic origin, skin color, nationality or religion. It is a form of prejudice and inequality that prevents people from gaining equal opportunities. While I'm happy to admit that perhaps my use of the word in English is incorrect and its meaning there is more narrow, in Dutch it covers nationality or religion as well. Islamophobia is considered racist ("racistisch") in Dutch, for example. | ||