If you find that a word is so 'commonly misused' that leading dictionaries get it wrong, its possible ur definition is not commonly accepted
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ahh, yes, 'black people can't be racist because racism is power and...' 'but thats not what the word means' argument
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its so common, and so recent, that I wonder whether there's a standard text used on such courses that espouses this?
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...and its so utterly unhelpful that I do worry about why anyone would choose to teach from such a text.
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This tactic is also only temporarily effective at best and ultimately eliminates the emotional currency of these terms.
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