03-15-2018, 01:41 PM
(03-15-2018, 01:36 PM)GMDino Wrote: I suppose, after reading the responses, that the definition of "racism" is different that the way most people use the word.
To me that is because the word carries a weight that comes from the use of it. I see "racism" usually tinged with hate/disgust/intolerance. So when some is using racist language as Fred did it my be racist but not "racist" like people who say they hate a race of people due to some attribute they assign to that group.
Words are just words and yet words have "meanings" that go beyond the definition sometimes. That's why words like "savages" sound different in context of on discussion versus another I guess.
This is something that I often struggle with, because I'm very literal in some ways. Like Dill and I discussing the term propaganda, I don't assign these judgements to these words. I take them at their definitions. Racism is racial prejudice/discrimination. I don't see anything hateful in that, but as I said earlier I am not one that applies the term to individuals, either.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
