Categorism.com http://categorism.com/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.23.2 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Categorism.com Categorism.com talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Module Module talk 0 1 1396 1395 2021-03-16T11:30:16Z Xzenu 1 /* Foci of categorism */ '''Categorism is "[[Expressions of categorism|prejudice, bigotry and discrimination]] [[levels of context and hegemony|at any level]], [[Foci|based on a categorization of people]]".''' While the phenomenon here called "categorism" is more commonly known either as "[[racism]]" or as "[[bigotry]]", such a wide definition is not the most common useage of either of these two words. It is more common to use each of these two words in more speciffic/narrow sense: Racism being categorism based on categorizing people into different races or skin-colors (a [[foci of categorism]]), bigotry being categorist emotional states (an [[expression of categorism]]). ==[[Expressions of categorism]]== "'''[[Prejudice]]'''" refers to unjustified beliefs beyond preconceptions, "'''[[bigotry]]'''" refer to emotional states such as hate/fear/supremacism, and "'''[[discrimination]]'''" refers to actions such as mistreating innocent individuals or implementing policies which causes mistreatment of innocent individuals. [[Prejudice]], [[bigotry]] and [[discrimination]] against a category of people are the three archetypical expressions of categorism, which can be done in many different ways. For example by [[stigmatization|stigmatizing]] people or by [[exploitation|exploiting]] them. ==[[Levels of context and hegemony]]== When categorism is done, it is done in a social context. This context can be interaction between two or a few individuals (micro level), a biger context such as an organization (meso level) or a very big context such as a country or global subculture (macro level). In the given context, a certain form of categorism may be more or less maginalized or more or less hegemonic. When certain people are stuck in a context where categorism against them (through a category they are identified as) is widespread or even hegemonic, it can be reasonable to count these people as being [[oppression|oppressed]]. ==[[Foci of categorism]]== When people do categorism, they do it focused on a certain categorization of people. Such specific foci of categorism are commonly known by names such as '''[[Racism]]''' (when it's based on a categorization of "race", skin-color or ethnic background), '''[[Sexism]]''' (when it's based on a categorization of sex/gender) or '''[[Homophobia]]''' (when it's targeting homosexuals and to some extent other LGBTQ+ people). Note that the categorism model distinguishes between categorism and [[kyriarchy]]: Thus distinguishing between racism and [[kyriarchy#Colonialism|colonialism]] as well as distinguishing between sexism and [[kyriarchy#Patriarchy|patriarchy]]. Categorism and kyriarchy are to a large extent intertwined, but they are not the same thing: While kyriarchy is systems of social/socioeconomic power (whether unfair/oppressive or otherwise), categorism is systems of prejudice/bigotry/discrimination (which any unfair/oppressive system requires to justify and perpetuate itself). 6we9sisi5dga20h5zehkov0u06np1tl wikitext text/x-wiki