 keith2468Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-03
Winnipeg, MB
3 edits | reply to Tzale
Re: Racist Defined In America people commonly talk of race as black, red and white, and sometimes yellow. And in much of the US, domestic racism is, I guess from watching PBS, done on that basis.
But in the actual English language, even the American version, the term is much broader. As you can see from the US based dictionary listing I posted. It quoted "The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition".
It is just that when someone is practicing racism, they don't see the term as applying.
I see the same thing where I live here. The locals don't see it as racism to say things about aboriginal Canadians (specifically Indians), or to treat them differently on the basis of their ethnic origin. This is the dominant kind of racism here, and most people are totally blind to it.
"It is what us folks do here, lots of us do it, therefore for it isn't racist."
Sadly, that many people are racist tends to be constant, just which group they are racist against seems to vary. At least from what I've seen in my life.
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