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Originally posted by RUgreek
To be perfectly honest, I don't know Jack. I don't want to get into a philosophical discussion on the meaning of life, we can interpret every which way and never come close to 1% of the true meaning.
Racism is not a state of mind, it is word created to define what one race does to another. Dictionaries are where the majority acceptance of these words reside, if you don't like it, call a publisher and get to work. The dictionary is not the end-all argument to a debate such as this, but I think if people use their common sense and stop trying to make this more complicated than it has already become, then you'll see this is fair and balanced meaning that MOST people (with common sense) can accept.
RUgreek
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I am glad that you are the new authority on which definitions are "correct." And also, it is good that you were sent to determine who "owns" particular words, as well as why a "race" may or may not like them.
ktsnake has had valid points all throughout this thread, and he is absolutely right. Just because Webster says it, that does not make it so. My life and your life have seen 2 different perspectives of discrimination, I assure you. And with that comes 2 different defintions of racism and prejudice.
You have dismissed my point as being closed-minded because it is hard for you to think about. Race is not something tangible or visible, no matter how much you would like to believe it so. When you say someone is of the race BLACK, you are neglecting their ancestory...they may be African-American, they may be Jamaican, they may be Canadian, etc. All of THESE labels are nationality. BLACK is a SKIN COLOR (however archaic the term). WHITE people may also be AFRICAN-American, Jamaican, Canadian, etc. Same argument. The little boxes we check on tests and surveys are used to CLASSIFY us. Just like the concept of race was created to do. If you do not believe that I think you are somewhat naive.