He identified as a “citizen diplomat” and preached mutual respect because, he explained, “everybody is a somebody.” ...

This analogy can even be extended to "secondhand rankism"—namely, that resulting from passing a rankist insult along to someone of lower rank, sometimes referred to as the "kick-the-dog" phenomenon.

But rankism has now become counterproductive. Instead of giving groups or individuals an advantage, rankism backfires in the same way that racism, sexism, and homophobia do.

The cancer of “rankism” persists as a residue of our predatory past. But the urge to dominate others isn’t working any more. Using weapons of mass disruption, the disenfranchised can bring ...

The Power of Mean Fuller argues that the moral power of Rankism = that everyone experiences being a somebody and a nobody - can overcome the innate force of bullying? Lakshmi Chaudhry November 29 ...

Rankism may turn out to be yesterday’s problem; as more young Americans become entrepreneurs, smaller and flatter organizations will reduce the range of rankism.

Rankism is the holding company for all other forms of discrimination; it is the concept that shows us what we are doing when we feel it is acceptable to insult someone’s dignity.

Updated: 3/8/2021 If race discrimination is “racism,” and class discrimination is “classism,” then what we have in the military spouse community is a raging case of “rankism.” ...

Yet "rankism," however awkward, describes an instantly recognizable phenomenon, whether or not you buy that it should be rooted out as a form of discrimination, like racism or sexism.

"I think we are witnessing an extreme abuse of rankism in Washington right now. Our policy in the Middle East is rankism," he has said of the US government and its attitudes towards the world's ...