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Racist might be wrong but it's definitely now used for people who are intolerant of other people, usually for identity-politics reasons. These days you can be
by dmurray 3y ago
Racist might be wrong but it's definitely now used for people who are intolerant of other people, usually for identity-politics reasons.
These days you can be bigoted against black or Muslim or gay or transgender people, but not really about Greek statuary or rap music or electric cars or PHP, no matter how strong your opinions on those.
- pluijzer 3y agoAre your sure this is the case? I see the word used in the original meaning all the time.
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- harpooniker 3y agoRacist is used to describe someone who is intolerant of people based on their ethnicity ,skin color, national origin, and the like.
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- leidenfrost 3y agoI only see it used that way in the US, where everyone is obsessed with race Elsewhere, it's just used in its original meaning
- rsynnott 3y agoHrm, in which country? I'm Irish; in modern writing in Ireland and the UK, certainly anything from the last 50 years, it's generally used to mean racists, sexists et al. Wasn't aware there was any English-speaking country which had held onto the archaic meaning, at least as a primary meaning. (India? Indian English has a few things still in common use which are obsolete in UK English). Example UK usage from 50 years ago: the "Barry bigot" doll in S3E5 of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1972; it's a wind-up racist doll).