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That's nice that you think the dictionary definition is an newer academic construct
by spacemanmatt 4y ago
That's nice that you think the dictionary definition is an newer academic construct
- rayiner 4y agoI’m not sure I understand your point. The dictionary definition, as I quoted above, refers to prejudice. Is that what you learned in sociology?
- spacemanmatt 4y agoYes, prejudice was discussed, but prejudice is not descriptive of the social force that we talked about in sociology.
- spacemanmatt 4y agoThe definition you quoted included discrimination which is another umbrella term like disproportionate effect. Why is it so hard to understand that racism is what racism does?
- rayiner 4y agoDiscrimination is also another term that in ordinary usage requires intent to discriminate. I don’t find the concept “hard to understand” I’m just talking about what commonly used words mean. “Racism” is a word that describes individual animosity. It’s confusing to try and overload it with other meanings.
- spacemanmatt 4y ago> ordinary usage requires intent to discriminate Disagreed. Our laws about discrimination against protected groups do not care about intent, nor do I care about intent when I am talking about a piece of code that serves to discriminate between one chunk of data and another in some fashion. In fact, even when I talk about people who discriminate, I rarely care about their intention.
- spacemanmatt 4y ago> overload it with other meanings I find the dictionary definitions suitable. I believe you have been arguing in favor of the overloaded social (connotative) meaning on this thread. Color me impressed.
- lelanthran 4y ago> That's nice that you think the dictionary definition is an newer academic construct If you have to change the dictionary meaning of a word to make your argument work, it's your argument that is broken, not the dictionary.