Originally Posted by
StoneByStone
That's nice, but racism is defined as: "Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group."
So for example, when Italians were lynched in America for being Italian, that was racism. It doesn't matter that Italians aren't on the list, it doesn't matter that Italians are white and were lynched by white people. It was racism because they were targeted for being Italian.
The same source also says "The belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another." Even if you include ethnicity in the definition, ethnicity is still not race. Ethnic slurs are still about ethnicity, racial slurs are still about race. Even if every dictionary and encyclopedia completely eliminates race from racism, race and ethnicity will always have unique definitions. Race is associated with biology and linked with physical characteristics such as skin color or hair texture. Ethnicity is linked with cultural expression and identification. The only way Trump could ever be framed as a racist is if you remove race from the equation. What's the point of framing somebody as a racist if you have to remove race in order to do it?
The Truth Does Not Need To Be Supported With Censorship.
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