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Old 20-06-2012, 10:46 AM #19
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Why is everyone saying racism needs to be "intended" for it to be racism?

This is not true at all.
It does need to be intended. There are two types of racism: (1) out of sheer ignorance and stupidity, buying into incredibly weak ideas and stereotypes without knowing the facts and (2) knowing the facts yet continuing to look down on a particular race or more.
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