interracialism
- noun
- /ˌɪntərˈreɪʃəlɪzəm/
- Promoting interracialism can help create understanding and unity among different racial groups.
Examples
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Her commitment to interracialism is evident in the diverse community projects she supports.
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The PWOC's advanced interracialism reflected the practical necessity of organizing the largely black killing floors in the face of a strong legacy of black strikebreaking in meatpacking.
Academic text (2000) -
The organization's goal is to foster interracialism through events that celebrate cultural diversity.
Synonyms
To bring people from different races or religions into a community as equals
A society that accepts different racial, religious, and cultural groups and lets them keep their own ways
Treating all people fairly and equally without bias
The practice of opposing racism and supporting equal treatment of all races
Support for people of different races living together in one society
Surface Forms
Morphology
interracialism = interracial (transparent) = inter + race + ial + ism
The suffix '-ism' clearly denotes a belief or practice related to the adjective 'interracial'.
Etymology
The word interracialism has the prefix inter- meaning 'between', the same inter- in interact, and race meaning 'group of people'. So interracialism is the idea or practice of people from different races working together and being equal.