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You just need to look in a thesaurus or dictionary to find a description of the word along the lines of "the belief that some races are innately superior to oth

by mongol 6y ago

You just need to look in a thesaurus or dictionary to find a description of the word along the lines of "the belief that some races are innately superior to others because of hereditary characteristics" (Collins), "the belief that certain races of people are by birth and nature superior to others" (Merriam-Webster) or "Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to physical appearance and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another." (first sentence on Wikipedia). Core to this, it includes a human judgment. Describing all kinds of discrimination on color to racism is similar to calling involuntary mistakes, or even unanticipated effects of other actions, that breaks things "sabotage".

slg 6y ago
It sounds like you stopped reading all those sources as soon as you got a definition you liked and didn't bother scrolling to get a complete picture of the term. From Collins[1] >any program or practice of racial discrimination, segregation, etc., specif., such a program or practice that upholds the political or economic domination of one race over another or others From Merriam-Webster[2]: >the systemic oppression of a racial group to the social, economic, and political advantage of another From Wikipedia[3] >Institutional racism (also known as structural racism, state racism or systemic racism) is racial discrimination by governments, corporations, religions, or educational institutions or other large organizations with the power to influence the lives of many individuals. Stokely Carmichael is credited for coining the phrase institutional racism in the late 1960s. He defined the term as "the collective failure of an organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture or ethnic origin". Racism isn't purely about the belief that one race is superior to another. A system that oppresses one race in favor of another is racist. This example meets the definitions of all three sources. [1] - https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/racism https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/raci... [2] - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racism https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racism [3] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism#Institutional https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism#Institutional
- mongol 6y ago
  No it doesn't. It just widens the discussion to also include what oppression means. Your argument puts "poor training data", which I originally commented on, in the same bin as for example apartheid. Widen it to that use devalues the word. I have made my point and have no interest to continue this discussion further.
  - slg 6y ago
    >It just widens the discussion to also include what oppression means. Those first two quotes are literally dictionary definitions of racism. You are free to disagree, but you aren't just disagreeing with me. You are disagreeing with the dictionary.
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by mongol 6y ago

slg 6y ago

It sounds like you stopped reading all those sources as soon as you got a definition you liked and didn't bother scrolling to get a complete picture of the term. From Collins[1] >any program or practice of racial discrimination, segregation, etc., specif., such a program or practice that upholds the political or economic domination of one race over another or others From Merriam-Webster[2]: >the systemic oppression of a racial group to the social, economic, and political advantage of another From Wikipedia[3] >Institutional racism (also known as structural racism, state racism or systemic racism) is racial discrimination by governments, corporations, religions, or educational institutions or other large organizations with the power to influence the lives of many individuals. Stokely Carmichael is credited for coining the phrase institutional racism in the late 1960s. He defined the term as "the collective failure of an organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture or ethnic origin". Racism isn't purely about the belief that one race is superior to another. A system that oppresses one race in favor of another is racist. This example meets the definitions of all three sources. [1] - https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/racism https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/raci... [2] - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racism https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racism [3] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism#Institutional https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism#Institutional

mongol 6y ago
No it doesn't. It just widens the discussion to also include what oppression means. Your argument puts "poor training data", which I originally commented on, in the same bin as for example apartheid. Widen it to that use devalues the word. I have made my point and have no interest to continue this discussion further.
- slg 6y ago
  >It just widens the discussion to also include what oppression means. Those first two quotes are literally dictionary definitions of racism. You are free to disagree, but you aren't just disagreeing with me. You are disagreeing with the dictionary.

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