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0 pointsrayiner3y ago0 comments

You definitely didn’t learn the “dictionary definition” in any sociology class, but rather a redefinition of the term developed in social sciences circles that’s used mainly there.

https://www.google.com/search?q=racism&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=...

> noun prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized. "a program to combat racism"

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spacemanmatt3y ago

That's nice that you think the dictionary definition is an newer academic construct

lelanthran3y ago

> That's nice that you think the dictionary definition is an newer academic construct

If you have to change the dictionary meaning of a word to make your argument work, it's your argument that is broken, not the dictionary.

rayinerOP3y ago

I’m not sure I understand your point. The dictionary definition, as I quoted above, refers to prejudice. Is that what you learned in sociology?

spacemanmatt3y ago

The definition you quoted included discrimination which is another umbrella term like disproportionate effect. Why is it so hard to understand that racism is what racism does?

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spacemanmatt3y ago

Yes, prejudice was discussed, but prejudice is not descriptive of the social force that we talked about in sociology.

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0 pointsrayiner3y ago0 comments

You definitely didn’t learn the “dictionary definition” in any sociology class, but rather a redefinition of the term developed in social sciences circles that’s used mainly there.

https://www.google.com/search?q=racism&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=...

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spacemanmatt3y ago

That's nice that you think the dictionary definition is an newer academic construct

lelanthran3y ago

> That's nice that you think the dictionary definition is an newer academic construct

If you have to change the dictionary meaning of a word to make your argument work, it's your argument that is broken, not the dictionary.

rayinerOP3y ago

I’m not sure I understand your point. The dictionary definition, as I quoted above, refers to prejudice. Is that what you learned in sociology?

spacemanmatt3y ago

The definition you quoted included discrimination which is another umbrella term like disproportionate effect. Why is it so hard to understand that racism is what racism does?

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spacemanmatt3y ago

Yes, prejudice was discussed, but prejudice is not descriptive of the social force that we talked about in sociology.

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