[rayiner]

You definitely didn’t learn the “dictionary definition” in any sociology class, but rather a redefinition of the term developed in social sciences circles that’s used mainly there.

https://www.google.com/search?q=racism&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=...

> noun prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized. "a program to combat racism"

[spacemanmatt]

That's nice that you think the dictionary definition is an newer academic construct

[lelanthran]

> That's nice that you think the dictionary definition is an newer academic construct

If you have to change the dictionary meaning of a word to make your argument work, it's your argument that is broken, not the dictionary.

[rayiner]

I’m not sure I understand your point. The dictionary definition, as I quoted above, refers to prejudice. Is that what you learned in sociology?

[spacemanmatt]

The definition you quoted included discrimination which is another umbrella term like disproportionate effect. Why is it so hard to understand that racism is what racism does?

[rayiner]

Discrimination is also another term that in ordinary usage requires intent to discriminate.

I don’t find the concept “hard to understand” I’m just talking about what commonly used words mean. “Racism” is a word that describes individual animosity. It’s confusing to try and overload it with other meanings.

[spacemanmatt]

> ordinary usage requires intent to discriminate

Disagreed. Our laws about discrimination against protected groups do not care about intent, nor do I care about intent when I am talking about a piece of code that serves to discriminate between one chunk of data and another in some fashion. In fact, even when I talk about people who discriminate, I rarely care about their intention.

[spacemanmatt]

> overload it with other meanings

I find the dictionary definitions suitable. I believe you have been arguing in favor of the overloaded social (connotative) meaning on this thread. Color me impressed.

[spacemanmatt]

Yes, prejudice was discussed, but prejudice is not descriptive of the social force that we talked about in sociology.