Another user's definition of racism: "Racism is the system that allows the racial group that’s already in power to retain power." As in that's all racism is, not anything else.
What you have is a individual who just wants to call one group racist, and is working backwards from that to fabricate a definition that works for hm.
But go easy on him, often the delusion is so complete that they don't even realize what they're doing, and never will.
I don't take issue with your other definitions. Your definition of racism was that of institutionalized racism, not of racism as a whole. That's where the issue lies.
That's a good definition for institutionalized racism, but to say that it fits all forms of racism would be to say that disenfranchised persons cannot be racist, which is not true.
To me, it's partially true, but that's only one part. This user was saying anything else is just bigotry or prejudice, not racism. That I find very off putting.
Not sure why you find bigotry less reprehensible than racism.
I find both pretty despicable.
You added the "as if that is all it is" from your own interpolation of the statement.
If you are "off put" that is your problem.
Ok, my problem. I think bigotry is also reprehensible. I also think that definition is extremely narrow minded. While it describes institutional racism, it doesn't address any other form of racism.
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