Ooooh, there's agreement amongst sociologists (which there isn't) that settles it then! It's a rhetorical power grab. Of course it's useful to factor in power (not exactly a genius level thought!), but the only one true definition stuff is just a boring political game.
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So I also like to annoy people on Twitter lol, but I’m mostly immune to it myself. With respect to earlier and the argument from authority that I used, basically I couldn’t be bothered explaining it to him. Especially when he was just being s pedant.
Sociology is a contested discipline. It simply can't be true there's a consensus about how the word "racism" should be used. How about sociologists that deny the ontological reality of systems/structure? How about sociologists who reject simplistic notions of "power over"?