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Prejudice and discrimination by type

  • RacismRichard Henry Pratt spoke the word racism in 1902 during a speech about social association. He stated that linking races and classes was necessary to destroy…
  • HomophobiaGeorge Weinberg, a psychologist based in New York City, spoke the word homophobia for the first time during a speech in the 1960s.
  • SexismPauline M. Leet spoke the word sexism for the first time on the 18th of November 1965 during a Student-Faculty Forum at Franklin and Marshall College.
  • MisogynyThe English word misogyny emerged in 1620 through an anonymous play titled Swetnam the Woman-Hater. This work introduced the character Misogynos, which…