anybody can be racist against any skin color. Racism is more likely to occur in cultures that have narratives that make the racists feel completely justified and in the moral right. It's also more likely to occur when it's rebranded under a more minor or acceptable name.
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You are bypassing the fact that the term “racism” has long outgrown its dictionary definition (and, in fact, MW is currently revising). Only people with power in a racist system can perpetuate racism. Anyone, regardless of power within the system, can be prejudiced.
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Some people mean different things by racism, but others don't. I commonly hear it used according to the dictionary definition. I also think it's important to keep it to the original definition; it carries a strong punch that 'prejudice' doesn't.
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Yes, everyone can be racist. But nobody's form of racism has done more to hurt mankind than white supremacy.
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This is a bit of a limited definiton that kind of misses the point. Yes, any person can be rude to another on the basis of skin colour, but that is not really what the cultural discussion is about. Racism isn't considered abhorrent because it's a way to hurt people's feelings 1/2
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You don't have to feel justified to make incorrect assumptions about people based on stereotypes and racial biases. Those biases are more likely to appear when many members of a category are forced into stereotypical situations. We all have biases and they aren't "morally right."
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there at least two different types of racism. one is love of fellow people from common stock. another is, of course, the one you think of. our notions of racialism were developed in 18th-19th century. racism now is pseudo-religious manichean word
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