Oxford Dictionary - prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.
Wikipedia - discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity.
CDC - Race is a social construct that divides people into categories based on nationality, ethnicity, phenotype, or other markers of social differences.
one may be Somali and Muslim…
So? Did anything I said indicate that I didn’t understand this rather basic fact? Please. My point was that the word “racism” is not always used to literally refer to “race”. Words shift their meanings over time, and don’t always reflect their construction in common usage. “Naughty” used to mean “having nothing” and derived from the word “naught”. The prefix “Dec” in “December” indicates that it’s the tenth month. A “Spinster” is used to mean a woman who spins yarn. Since “race” is becoming understood as a false construction, it’s only natural that a related word would shift it’s definition.
You don’t know and you can’t assume…
I honestly can’t figure out what you are trying to say in that entire paragraph. I used no statistics, and don’t understand your argument why I shouldn’t. “We don’t live in a math equation”? WTF?
Funny, how none of the linked definitions comport with the gobbledygook you put in your previous comment. And by mental gymnastics, I mean the gobbledygook you put in your previous comment.
The closest you have come to making an actual point was the word “gobbledygook”.
only if you ignore, ya know, the facts, such as the definition of racism-- which you proved isn’t what you claimed it was.
I don’t really care.
every mental gymnastic you preform only proves all you do is care. if you didn’t, you wouldn’t be here trying to convince everyone that “racism” means whatever you want it to mean.
Oxford Dictionary - prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.
Wikipedia - discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity.
CDC - Race is a social construct that divides people into categories based on nationality, ethnicity, phenotype, or other markers of social differences.
So? Did anything I said indicate that I didn’t understand this rather basic fact? Please. My point was that the word “racism” is not always used to literally refer to “race”. Words shift their meanings over time, and don’t always reflect their construction in common usage. “Naughty” used to mean “having nothing” and derived from the word “naught”. The prefix “Dec” in “December” indicates that it’s the tenth month. A “Spinster” is used to mean a woman who spins yarn. Since “race” is becoming understood as a false construction, it’s only natural that a related word would shift it’s definition.
I honestly can’t figure out what you are trying to say in that entire paragraph. I used no statistics, and don’t understand your argument why I shouldn’t. “We don’t live in a math equation”? WTF?
Funny that you didn’t include a definition of racism there.
Oh wait, it’s not funny. It proves my point. You can’t mental gymnastics your way out of being wrong.
Here are three definitions of racism I included. (This time with links for the lazy.)
Oxford Languages definiton: https://g.co/kgs/7zcWz6i
Wikipedia article on racism: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism
CDC definition of racism: https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/health_equity/racism.htm
By “mental gymnastics” did you mean thinking? So thinking, statistics, and equations are all bad. Hmmm, I think I’m beginning to understand you.
Funny, how none of the linked definitions comport with the gobbledygook you put in your previous comment. And by mental gymnastics, I mean the gobbledygook you put in your previous comment.
The closest you have come to making an actual point was the word “gobbledygook”. Read them again, or don’t, I don’t really care.
only if you ignore, ya know, the facts, such as the definition of racism-- which you proved isn’t what you claimed it was.
every mental gymnastic you preform only proves all you do is care. if you didn’t, you wouldn’t be here trying to convince everyone that “racism” means whatever you want it to mean.
Perform
Aww, you felt so insecure that you stooped beneath the dignity of my phone’s autocorrect.
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