Is there a word, similar to cronyism and nepotism, that means “favoring people of a particular culture, religion, or ethnicity, regardless of their expertise”.
I was thinking racism, but I’ve always understood that as the belief that one race is superior to another. But cronyism isn’t the belief that your friends are superior to others. They just get preferential treatment. So racism doesn’t seem right.
For example: a Russian person gets appointed as a hiring manager, and over the next year 60% of the staff have been replaced by Russians.
Best Answer
This type of ethnocentric prejudice is referred to as:
in-group favouritism
ethnic nepotism
or my personal favourite tribalism
Some informative links:
ingroup bias
ethnic nepotism
tribalism
Edit: If you are looking for single words only ethnocentrism itself is an alternative.