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'''Categorism is "[[Facets of categorism|prejudice, bigotry and discrimination]], [[Foci and abstractions of categorism|based on a categorization of human beings]]".'''  
 
'''Categorism is "[[Facets of categorism|prejudice, bigotry and discrimination]], [[Foci and abstractions of categorism|based on a categorization of human beings]]".'''  
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Note that [[categorization]] itself is not categorism. Categorization is necessary, and usually benign. It becomes categorism only when it stops being a tool for understanding, instead turning into a [[mental prison]], a [[social prison]] or [[Categorism As a Dirty Weapon|a dirty weapon]]. For example, it is simply a reasonable categorization to claim that some people can be considered "men" while others can be considered "women". It stops being reasonable when the claim expands to insinuating that [[supremacism|women are inferior to men]], that [[stigmatization|women are dirty]], that [[demonization|men are evil]] or that [[monolithization|everyone who is of a certain gender think and feel in a certain way]].
 
  
 
[[Categorism]] has three [[aspects of categorism|aspects]] and six [[levels of categorism|levels]]. The three aspects are the [[facets]] (''how'' the categorism is done), the [[foci]] (''what'' categorization the particular case of categorism focuses on) and the [[abstractions]] (''fallacies'' where categorization itself becomes a case of categorism). Thus, beside being a [[the concept of categorism|concept]] in its own right, categorism is also a [[the conceptual framework of categorism|conceptual framework]] that contain many concepts of these three kinds. Of the six levels, the two most famous ones are the [[individual level]] (how a person believes, feels and acts) and the [[structural level]] (social, economic and cultural structures).
 
[[Categorism]] has three [[aspects of categorism|aspects]] and six [[levels of categorism|levels]]. The three aspects are the [[facets]] (''how'' the categorism is done), the [[foci]] (''what'' categorization the particular case of categorism focuses on) and the [[abstractions]] (''fallacies'' where categorization itself becomes a case of categorism). Thus, beside being a [[the concept of categorism|concept]] in its own right, categorism is also a [[the conceptual framework of categorism|conceptual framework]] that contain many concepts of these three kinds. Of the six levels, the two most famous ones are the [[individual level]] (how a person believes, feels and acts) and the [[structural level]] (social, economic and cultural structures).
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...as well as various [[examples]], [[related concepts]] and [[recommended reading]]. [[The wiki]] is primarily based on the Human Rights Studies Master Thesis "[[The thesis|Categorization of Human Beings versus the Universality of Human Rights]]" by [[Xzenu Cronström Beskow]]. The thesis is [[The_thesis#Download_the_thesis|available for download from the university's server]].
 
...as well as various [[examples]], [[related concepts]] and [[recommended reading]]. [[The wiki]] is primarily based on the Human Rights Studies Master Thesis "[[The thesis|Categorization of Human Beings versus the Universality of Human Rights]]" by [[Xzenu Cronström Beskow]]. The thesis is [[The_thesis#Download_the_thesis|available for download from the university's server]].
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Please note [[From categorization to categorism|the difference between categorization and categorism. Which is also the difference between preconceptions and prejudice, between preferences and bigotry, as well as between choices and discrimination]].

Revision as of 00:35, 12 November 2014

Categorism is "prejudice, bigotry and discrimination, based on a categorization of human beings".

Categorism has three aspects and six levels. The three aspects are the facets (how the categorism is done), the foci (what categorization the particular case of categorism focuses on) and the abstractions (fallacies where categorization itself becomes a case of categorism). Thus, beside being a concept in its own right, categorism is also a conceptual framework that contain many concepts of these three kinds. Of the six levels, the two most famous ones are the individual level (how a person believes, feels and acts) and the structural level (social, economic and cultural structures).

Any comprehensive struggle for universal human rights is a struggle against all categorism. Not merely against some specific facet or focus of it. Any valid struggle against categorism is a struggle for universal human rights. Never to use a person's rights/dignity/freedom/needs as an excuse to deny that person, or someone else, their rights/dignity/freedom/needs. Or to shut down one struggle in favor of another. To derail discussions to drown out important issues is not a good thing either. The goal must be to liberate people and minds, not to move them from one cage to another.

This wiki explores...

...as well as various examples, related concepts and recommended reading. The wiki is primarily based on the Human Rights Studies Master Thesis "Categorization of Human Beings versus the Universality of Human Rights" by Xzenu Cronström Beskow. The thesis is available for download from the university's server.

Please note the difference between categorization and categorism. Which is also the difference between preconceptions and prejudice, between preferences and bigotry, as well as between choices and discrimination.

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