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Originally posted by Gimli
Racism is the control of power by the race in control.
Prejudice is the pre-approved hatred of another race/gender/culture.
Racism, by its very definition, can only be practiced by the race in power. A fascinating age-old argument. By which, in this country, blacks cannot be defined as racists on a large scale.
So hate who you want if you have the time, but you're only racist if you use your power to disadvantage another race financially, socially, or politically.
The next topic to ensue should be is "nigger" a vile term when weilded by black Americans? Discuss...
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Actually, the definition of racism you have presented is one championed by academics in the multicultural movement (though certainly not all multicultural theorists are guilty) . It is a politicized definition, and is not accepted outside of a few academics who have a controversial and/or bigoted agenda to push.
In a general sense, many anti-white and/or anti-affluence social theories have cropped up in academia in the past 30 years under the "multicultural" banner, and many of them were criticized as being latently racist (and rightfully so). These academics came back with the idea that they can use all of the hate-filled, race-based rhetoric against white and affluent Americans that they wanted to without it being racism, because it's not racism if the race in question is in power.
Sorry rant on, but I got so sick of politicized language during my 7 years of working on my doctorate that I have a very visceral reaction when I hear that stuff being accepted by the mainstream.