The word "racist" is simply a weapon wielded by uneducated demagogues to dodge debate

if someone said "all americans are arrogant", is that racist or stereotyping?
either way, i think its as bad as racism
some food for thought

I find it extraordinary that there is a single word that can encapsulate both the enforcers of Rwandan genocide, or the Holocaust, as well as someone merely making a racial slur in a pub.

Why?

The term's used to refer to the common thread running through said scenarios- discrimination on grounds of race. If one can call both a bar brawl and the Taiping Rebellion examples of "Conflict", then why should Racism be any different?

In essence, that's what all your quoted definitions distill down to.

Come off it. You know what it means, and most people know what it means. Your ridiculous argument is simply a method to try and pull the label off of yourself.

You can't say it's "spot on" because by which of the hundreds of definitions are you basing it on?

Don't be so stupid. Difference in word usage isn't the issue. The issue is difference in semantics.



This question is meaningless because I don't even know what you mean by "being racist". It's a hollow term used by your lot to discredit your opponents and dodge rational debate. In a way, I find it disgusting how you'd use something as intense as the memory of the Holocaust to your own ends.



No they don't. They concern differences in intensity. How on earth are there not differences between attitude and action? Between hatred and a conciousness of ethnicity? Between genocide and slurs? This is coming from the person who thinks criticising religion is racist.

Racism is quite simple, like sexism. Discrimating against a race, like a sex. It's actually quite simple. Silly you!

Example of racism

Who says that "discriminating" makes 'racism'. Discriminating on the grounds of race is extremely broad.

Would you care to provide an example of discrimination on the grounds of race that does not, in your opinion, constitute racism?

Is it right that making a petty comment about women belonging in the kitchen should come under the same banner as the Sharia practice of essentially putting them on par with a pet? Who says that "discriminating" makes 'racism'. Discriminating on the grounds of race is extremely broad. In fact, did you even bother to read the original post?