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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]]".'''  
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'''Categorism is "[[Facets of categorism|prejudice, bigotry and discrimination]] [[levels of categorism|at any level]], [[Foci and abstractions of categorism|based on a categorization of people]]".'''  
  
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 are of a certain gender think and feel in a certain way]].
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This categorism has three [[aspects of categorism|aspects]] operating on several [[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 levels, two classic examples are the [[individual level]] (how a person believes, feels and acts) and the [[structural level]] (social, economic and cultural structures). Categorism backed up by [[power]] is [[oppression]].  
  
[[Categorism]] has three aspects. These are the [[facets]] (how the categorism is done), the [[foci]] (what categorization the particular case of categorism focuses on) and the [[abstractions]] (how 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. It also operates on at least six different [[levels of categorism|levels]].
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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 [[zerosumming|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.
 
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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.
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This wiki explores...
 
This wiki explores...
* Various [[facets of categorism]], ranging from the three [[archetypical facets]] of [[prejudice]], [[bigotry]] and [[discrimination]] to more specific facets such as [[marginalization]], [[stigmatization]] and [[monolithization]].
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* Various '''[[facets of categorism]]''', ranging from the three [[archetypical facets]] of [[prejudice]], [[bigotry]] and [[discrimination]] to more specific facets such as [[marginalization]], [[stigmatization]] and [[monolithization]].
* Various [[foci of categorism]], ranging from widely know ones such as [[racism]], [[sexism]] and [[homophobia]] to more obscure ones like [[gingerism]] and [[witchparanoia]].
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* Various '''[[foci of categorism]]''' and '''[[abstractions of categorism]]''', ranging from widely know foci such as [[racism]], [[sexism]] and [[homophobia]] to more obscure foci like [[gingerism]] and [[witchparanoia]] and abstractions such as [[equivocations]].
* Various [[abstractions of categorism]], such as "[[no true scotsman fallacy]]" and "[[guilt by association]]".
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* Various '''[[Levels of categorism]]''', ranging from individual cases to oppression that is systemic and structural or even enshrined as international law.
 
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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 available for download from [https://gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/36798 the university's server].
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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]].
  
==Development: pre-alpha==
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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]].
The development of this wiki is currently at Phase 1. This means that a lot of core concepts from [[the thesis]] are still missing from the wiki, and that there's a high chance that there are still basic structural bugs with the design of the wiki itself. If you have encountered this wiki already, please be patient. :-)
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Revision as of 15:56, 15 March 2016

Categorism is "prejudice, bigotry and discrimination at any level, based on a categorization of people".

This categorism has three aspects operating on several 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 levels, two classic examples are the individual level (how a person believes, feels and acts) and the structural level (social, economic and cultural structures). Categorism backed up by power is oppression.

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.