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Undertoad · 08-16-2013, 10:11 AM

Racism is about race. The term you are seeking is "prejudice".

It will not serve you to expand the definition of racism for your own personal purposes.

glatt · 08-16-2013, 10:18 AM

"Bigotry" works well too.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-16-2013, 10:21 AM

Isn't bigotry acting on prejudice?

glatt · 08-16-2013, 10:57 AM

Yeah. I think bigotry is the action, prejudice is the attitude. Is racism both the attitude and the action?

piercehawkeye45 · 08-16-2013, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Yeah. I think bigotry is the action, prejudice is the attitude. Is racism both the attitude and the action?

I've though of prejudice and discrimination as thoughts or actions of an individual while racism is more society. If so, the lines are very blurred.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-16-2013, 05:39 PM

The USA in not a democracy.

Nor does it act like one.

tw · 08-16-2013, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Racism is about race. The term you are seeking is "prejudice".

Prejudice is only one subset of the actual problem - racism. Racism was never about race. Because people of the same race were 'racist' towards each other. While not exercising racism against others of the same color but more racially different. Bigotry and prejudice are examples of a bigger problem called racism - judging people on first impressions - also called emotion.

Meanwhile arguing of a tiny point averts what is relevant. Democracy requires separation of church and state. What is your opinion? Yes or No? Please stick to what is relevant.

Democracy fails especially when one religion is superior to another in government. Democracy is about representing all without the type of prejudice more commonly known as racism. Judging others only on emotional biases (racism) violates what makes democracies work.

Democracy requires adults who do not act like children. Who think rather than blindly believe the first thing they are told. That cannot happen when religion is embedded into a democracy. Unfortunately the US government does not openly discuss that important fact when encouraging others to be democratic.

glatt · 08-16-2013, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by tw

Racism was never about race.

Have you ever admitted you were wrong tw? You are really going way out on that limb right now. Just say that you misspoke. It won't kill you. It will actually make you stronger.

Of course racism was about race.

08-16-2013, 10:21 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Isn't bigotry acting on prejudice? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-16-2013, 05:39 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The USA in not a democracy. Nor does it act like one. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-16-2013, 10:11 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Racism is about race. The term you are seeking is "prejudice". It will not serve you to expand the definition of racism for your own personal purposes.

08-16-2013, 10:18 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	"Bigotry" works well too.

08-16-2013, 10:57 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yeah. I think bigotry is the action, prejudice is the attitude. Is racism both the attitude and the action?

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