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> newfangled form you're so enthusiastic about I am not redefining racism. Just look it up. Superiority based on race. Merriam-Webster: : a belief that race i
by jmull 6y ago
> newfangled form you're so enthusiastic about
I am not redefining racism. Just look it up. Superiority based on race. Merriam-Webster:
: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
I’m not going to post a link. Just type racism into your favorite search engine. You’ve got to decide if you want to learn or not.
> I'm assuming you don't think that every African-American or Japanese or Indian or Arab or Burundian racial essentialist also thinks that they happen to be the master race?
Yes, people who are not white can be racist.
> There's a difference between modern Japan and the Third Reich's views on race)
Absolutely. It’s not like Nazi Germany owned a patent on racism. It could, and does, exist in Japan.