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Racism is the belief that some people or cultures are inherently inferior. I think it should be obviously clear that all cultures have their weak and strong po

• jrarredondo 13y ago
  That is a simplistic definition. You exclude actions or systemic patterns, just to name a few things to think about. Go to implicit.harvard.edu for a couple of eye opening experiments and tests.
• coldtea 13y ago
  >Racism is the belief that some people or cultures are inherently inferior. I think it should be obviously clear that all cultures have their weak and strong points, and sometimes cultures should change and fix these problems. How is the second idea different from "racism"? The "fix" part? If we believe (and it's a legitimate belief) that "all cultures have their weak and strong points", then we can also find that a culture (A) has more weak points than another (B). If A's weak points are far more, or are in the more important aspects of life, then, can't we say that "A is inherently inferior to B"? In this case, I wouldn't call it racism, but a fair assesment. I'd rather stick with the old definition of racism: "the belief that some people (members of an ethnic group) are genetically inferior to others".