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Originally Posted by BigV
I believe this would represent a good turning point in the discussion from "what is racism?" to "what is race?".
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To be serious for a bit. I think the term 'racism' is outdated because our idea of 'race' has progressed significantly. A fundamental assumption behind 'race' is that humans are split up into distinct subgroups (white, black, red, yellow, jews, and gingers) but with human migration, it turns out human phenotype is just a very complicated gray scale.
Yes, an Scandinavian blonde looks very different than a Somali but if you go from Somalia to Ethiopia to Egypt to Turkey to Greece to Italy to Germany to Norway there isn't really a good dividing line. It is a gradient.
Saying that, I think constraining the term 'racism' to institutionalized prejudice against outdated racial groups is stupid. Racism should be applied to any group whether they be blacks, Muslims, or gingers.
Cyberwolf, I am showing that second picture to all my ginger friends. That is amazing.