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- Binarism
In a general sense, binarism refers to a duality: a binary system classifies two components as a pair of opposites. The gender binary system which prevails worldwide differentiates between men and women. Trans or intersex persons are regarded as a deviation from the norm. With the gender binary system, a power relationship is constructed between the sexes within society and specific roles and capabilities are associated with being a man or being a woman.
- Black
Black is often used as a self-descriptor by people of African origin, the African diaspora and the anti-racism movement. The word Black is capitalised intentionally in order to signal that it does not refer to skin colour or a biological characteristic but to the lived experience of racism in a predominantly white society (see Glossary entry: White). Another example of a self-descriptor is Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC), which in Germany is used by persons who are read as Asian, Arab or Turkish, as well as by Roma.
- BMZ
Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development