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Originally Posted by Kizzy
Wait a minute, you can't say prejudice is any less of a word than racism. :/
The literal definition is prejudice on the grounds of race and yet that has no historical connotations to it does it, it doesn't take into account the oppression, repression and suppression does it?
It's a blanket term that 'whitewashes' (  ) the true meaning of racism. |
I didn't say it's "less" of a word, I pointed out that it's not descriptive enough, there are a million different varieties of prejudice. Prejudice on the grounds of age is ageism, prejudice on the grounds of sex is sexism,
prejudice on the grounds of race is racism.
The type of racism you are talking about, both with historical context and with regards to there being an element of power / control today, is called institutional racism. The adjective is important, it's what let's you know what sort of racism we're talking about. It doesn't dilute or whitewash the term "racism". If anything, it adds to the implied severity?