racial classification

collocation in English

meaningsofracialandclassification

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racial
adjective
uk
/ˈreɪ.ʃəl/
us
/ˈreɪ.ʃəl/
based on someone's perceived race, especially in a way that is unfair or harmful; or based on policies, behaviours, rules, etc. that result in unfair or harmful treatment of people because of their ...
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classification
noun
uk
/ˌklæs.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌklæs.ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of dividing things into groups according to ...
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(Definition ofracialandclassificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What determines whether states embrace or shy away from elaborate ethnic andracialclassificationschemes?
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Why mightracialclassificationtake a particular form?
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Access to these privileges and even a person's perceived and acceptedracialclassification, however, were also determined by that person's socioeconomic standing in society.
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In other cases, if people would not accept herracialclassification, she refused to release the requested birth or death certificate.
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The concept originated with a typological method ofracialclassification.
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Such views were typical of early scientific attempts atracialclassification, where skin pigmentation was regarded as the main difference between races.
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The chronicle's use of the term white here pre-dates its emergence as aracialclassification.
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Somewhat ironically,racialclassificationhas become an important part of the attempt to open up the sport and provide opportunities for the previously disadvantaged.
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Everybody learns some combination, some version, of the rules ofracialclassification, and of their own racial identity, often without obvious teaching or conscious inculcation.
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Garn consideredracialclassificationbased on physical traits to be imprecise.
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