On the average individual level, which group is more racist in the US?
- white people38.3%
- black people28.9%
- they're equal32.8%
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My definition of "racist" includes power structure. Powerless people can be bigoted, but not racist in the way I mean it.
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Consider who the word has meaning for, and who has a voice in dictionaries.
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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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Who owns words? You're aware there are many words which are contested? Here's a similarly stilted phrase for your meaning: "racial bigotry"
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Racism used to mean discrimination based on race. It's highly charged. People are trying to change the definition because they want that intense charge to be for something other than its original intent. And it's working! "Racist" is now a word getting robbed of its power.
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That's interesting. Why do you feel contextual nuance (racism which includes power dynamics) reduces its power?
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Power structure is built into that definition with the word discrimination. How does one discriminate without power? But you’re also sorta arguing something else.
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