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Originally posted by CSflim
Humans surely aren't all the same race? Same species certainly, but I don't think the words are synonomous.
How can one be racist against other humans?
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I believe the term originated before we truly realized that humans were all the same race. Now we know better, but the term had already stuck. There is a lot of stuff like that in our language. Words that are used in a context that is not strictly correct.
Hehe (bump).
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