08-29-2020, 01:55 AM
(08-28-2020, 04:32 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I ascribe to the "plain Jane" definition of racism: "prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group"
Anytime someone feels the need to change or edit that definition, to me, is a sign of that person trying to get away with being a racist or excusing someone else's racism.
As to Biden, let's say he said that he preferred his VP was a white male. Would you still say that he's not being racist?
Well I appreciate your going into detail to explain your views.
You didn't think MY definition was somehow "changed" or "edited," did you? The Dictionary.com definition you used is distilled from the one I articulated. It does not support a claim that any and every race-based selection for a position is automatically "racist."
I don't see how Biden could be guilty of either version.
He didn't choose Kamala to express his "prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism" against her "particular racial or ethnic group"--rather the opposite.
If choosing her was discrimination against whites, that would suggest that choosing whites discriminates against blacks.
If Biden said he chose a white male vp because the thought whites were suprerior, then I wouldn't say he was "not being a racist."
If there had never been a white vp candidate in 250 years of US history and he said "now's the time," I would not think that racist either--unless he did it to "antagonize" the man's race or ethnic group.