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Dimpy Handa
Speciesism involves assigning different values or rights to beings on the basis of their species membership. The term was coined by British psychologist Richard D. Ryder in 1973 to denote a prejudice based on physical differences.
"I use the word 'speciesism'," he explained two years later, "to describe the widespread discrimination that is practised by man against other species. Speciesism and racism both overlook or underestimate the similarities between the discriminator and those discriminated against."
"I use the word 'speciesism'," he explained two years later, "to describe the widespread discrimination that is practised by man against other species. Speciesism and racism both overlook or underestimate the similarities between the discriminator and those discriminated against."