Racism

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Today I was accused of Racism. I discovered I was a racist when I got into the express checkout line ahead of someone, and she said: "You racist white cunt!"

So there you go. Racist.

Comments

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

It's because, for reasons related to academic discussion and the need for precise definitions, "bigotry on the grounds of race" and "racism" are not synonymous in technical discussions. "Racism" has an added requirement - that the bigotry be done from a position of racial privilege in the society.

It's like the difference between "theory" and "hypothesis" in science versus the difference in colloquial speech.

[ceruleanst.livejournal.com]

I suspect cause and effect are the other way around.