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Descriptor English: Racism
Descriptor Spanish: Racismo
Descriptor racismo
Entry term(s) discriminación basada en el origen nacional
discriminación basada en la ancestralidad
discriminación geográfica
discriminación racial
discriminación racial encubierta
discriminación racial indirecta
parcialidad racial
prejuicio basado en el origen
prejuicio basado en el origen nacional
prejuicio basado en la ancestralidad
prejuicio geográfico
prejuicio racial
racialismo
racismo cotidiano
racismo encubierto
racismo velado
sesgo racial
Scope note: Tratamiento diferenciado o acceso desigual a las oportunidades sobre la base de la pertenencia a un grupo como el origen o la raza.
Descriptor Portuguese: Racismo
Descriptor French: Racisme
Entry term(s): Bias, Racial
Covert Racial Discrimination
Covert Racism
Covert Racisms
Discrimination Based on Ancestry
Discrimination Based on National Origin
Discrimination Based on Origin
Discrimination, Racial
Discriminations, Racial
Everyday Racism
Geographic Discrimination
Indirect Racial Discrimination
Obstetric Racism
Prejudice Based on Ancestry
Prejudice Based on National Origin
Prejudice Based on Origin
Prejudice, Racial
Prejudices, Racial
Racial Bias
Racial Discrimination
Racial Discriminations
Racial Prejudice
Racial Prejudices
Racism, Covert
Racisms, Covert
Tree number(s): F01.145.813.550.500
F01.145.813.629.625
F01.829.595.500
I01.880.735.820.500.500
SP3.311.900.686.593.157
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D063505
Scope note: Differential treatment or unequal access to opportunities, based on group membership such as origin or ethnicity.
Annotation: for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Prejudice (1994-2012)
Public MeSH Note: 2013; see PREJUDICE 1994-2012
History Note: 2013; use PREJUDICE 1994-2012
Related: Ethnocentrism DeCS
DeCS ID: 55086
Unique ID: D063505
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2013/01/01
Date of Entry: 2012/07/03
Revision Date: 2019/07/07
Racism - Preferred
Concept UI M0017523
Scope note Differential treatment or unequal access to opportunities, based on group membership such as origin or ethnicity.
Preferred term Racism
Entry term(s) Bias, Racial
Discrimination Based on Ancestry
Discrimination Based on Origin
Discrimination, Racial
Discriminations, Racial
Everyday Racism
Prejudice Based on Ancestry
Prejudice Based on Origin
Prejudice, Racial
Prejudices, Racial
Racial Bias
Racial Discrimination
Racial Discriminations
Racial Prejudice
Racial Prejudices
Geographic Discrimination - Narrower
Concept UI F0001215
Preferred term Geographic Discrimination
Entry term(s) Discrimination Based on National Origin
Prejudice Based on National Origin
Covert Racism - Narrower
Concept UI M000645203
Scope note Practices or policies that appear to be 'neutral' or 'fair' because they treat everyone in the same way but actually adversely affect a higher proportion of people of one racial, national or ethnic group. It can occur even when there is no intention to discriminate.
Preferred term Covert Racism
Entry term(s) Covert Racial Discrimination
Covert Racisms
Indirect Racial Discrimination
Racism, Covert
Racisms, Covert
Obstetric Racism - Narrower
Concept UI FD00065765
Preferred term Obstetric Racism



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