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Re: Racism, by Wikipedia

Postby admin » Fri Jun 24, 2016 9:07 pm

Difference between Bigot and Racist
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The term bigot first originated in English by at least 1598. It came via Middle French, and is believed to have originally meant a "religious hypocrite". The word was previously used as an insult by the French for the Normans, in the context of hypocrites. It is believed that originally the term comes from the Swiss German curse 'bigot', i.e. "by god!"

However, today the term bigot defines someone who is so preoccupied with their prejudices that they begin to treat other people with fear, distrust, hatred, contempt, or intolerance. This mistreatment of people can be on the basis of a person's ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

The term racist has a similar connotation, however it does differ slightly. A racist is someone whose actions, practices, or beliefs are guided by the belief that humans are divided into races and that some races are better that the others. For example: the belief that whites are better than blacks.

Racism is basically responsible for the slave trade, apartheid, and numerous genocides such as the Holocaust, Sudan, etc.

The main difference between racist and bigot is that fact that racism discriminates on the basis of race, whereas a bigot discriminates on the basis of his personal opinion, which can include race, gender, religion or beliefs produced by their own personal life experiences. Hence, it can be said that racism is a particular subset of bigotry.

Comparison between Bigot and Racist:

Category / Bigot / Racist

Definition (Dictionary.com) / A person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion. / A person who believes in racism, the doctrine that a certain human race is superior to any or all others.

Discrimination / Discriminates on the basis of a person's ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, etc. / Discriminates on the basis of race.

Behavior / Blinkered, narrow-mindedness, usually also very intolerant and unable to see anyone else's point of view. / Believes in the superiority of one race over another, or acts differently (usually negatively) towards a person or a group of people because of their race.

Includes / Racists, sexists, religious fanatics, fashion snobs, etc. / Is a subcategory of bigots
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