Election 2012

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

... I think this addresses your point?

I believe there is also induced individual racism. A victim of racism, who has not been a racist, may become a racist if there's no remedy after being victimized due to a dominant racist social structure behind the perpetrator. The victim's social support structure may become racist in response to the victim's situation rather than the other way around. It's a learned behavior that can be taught both ways.

I don't believe discrimination and racism are synonymous. Racism is just one of many forms of discrimination and its relative importance varies among societies around the world.

I do believe that promoting racial prejudice in any way, words (e.g. defamation) or actions (e.g. discrimination), is racism in any instance since even if we had a racism free social structure there would always be individuals who buck the system.