Why this word is great
METARACISM — [Noun] A form of racism that asserts that the perceived differences between races are not primarily biological but cultural. From meta- ("beyond, transcending") + racism ("systemic discrimination based on race"). Unlike "neoracism" (which refers to contemporary or revived forms of racial prejudice under new guises) or "systemic racism" (which denotes institutionalized discrimination embedded in societal structures), metaracism shifts the locus of difference from blood to behavior, from genes to customs. It is the polite bigotry of the dinner party, where exclusion is framed as "cultural incompatibility"; the immigration policy justified by "preserving national identity"; the subtle insistence that certain traditions are "just not compatible with our way of life." A racism that wears the mask of anthropology, insisting it has evolved beyond biology—only to arrive at the same old hierarchies, dressed in new words. The cruelty lies in its plausibility.