The attempt to redefine racism away from the dictionary definition into the "systemic privilege" one is, imo, an attempt to remove the intensely horrible associations with actual racism, to minimize its harms, and to provide a socially acceptable avenue for its practice.
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to clarify because people are uncharitable: no don't actually think there was a random 'u different i hurt now' urge. There was a lot of incentive to do this (land, money, labor), and the different race (and culture) made this socially permissible.
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