"Racism"

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[–]Musky 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's a little misleading, while the word racist is fairly new, the idea is older.

Earlier, race hatred (1852 of the Balkans, 1858 of British India, 1861 of white and black in America), race prejudice (1867 of English in India, 1869 of white and black in America, 1870 of the English toward Irish) were used, and, especially in 19c. U.S. political contexts, negrophobia. Anglo-Saxonism as "belief in the superiority of the English race" had been used (disparagingly) from 1860. Anti-Negro (adj.) is attested in British and American English from 1819.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/racism

[–]proc0 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think that racism used to be a political stance that got demonized so much that it became a taboo. That caused a negative feedback loop because naturally people don't want their heritage erased so they fight back, which is then demonized, which then needs more fighting back.

The term has evolved to include "systemic" which we can clearly see is more bullshit than not, and proves that it's political and not some higher moral virtue.

The truth is complicated and terms like "racist" are conceptual propaganda so that people believe in a cartoon reality where they can be more easily manipulated.