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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Dude, you keep using the word in a way that no one else is using it. TM is not talking about intentionality. You are the only one who is using the word "racism" in a way that includes some sort of specific intent.
Imagine a concept like your "racism," but without specific intent, a sort of ingrained prejudice that comes from living in a society where you grow up surrounded by all sorts of prejudice. Find a word that describes that sort of thing, and now read this exchange again but replacing (in your mind) "racism" with that other word. I'm betting it will all make sense.
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Oxford:
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racism
noun
mass noun
1Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.
1.1 The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
racist
noun
A person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another.
adjective
Showing or feeling discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or believing that a particular race is superior to another.
Is Oxford an accepted authority? I'm using the term correctly. What you are describing is a variation of it: "systemic racist impacts," "systemic racist policies."
But for the 20th time now, the mere fact that one happens to be born into a system which is racist, which creates racist impacts, intentionally or not, does not automatically make one a racist. I don't know how else to say this. It's basic linguistics. That you wish to adopt a different definition for a word, and that lots of other people do as well, does not mean they are using the word correctly.
And now you'll go out and find me a definition that supports your usage. This is moronic. If you agree with Adder's propositions, let's just agree to disagree. Call me Harris, and I'll call you Ezra.
ETA: Related reading:
https://medium.com/handwaving-freako...m-2d685d3af845
