this gon be the shyt" but when the previews dropped... and that bytch ass bob dylan accent.... 
it literally ruined my appeal for the movie. i aint sittin thru 2.5 hours of that shyt 
Watch this you might appreciate Lincoln more
it seems like you are actually conflating ethnicity and race as well. the definition you describe is racism in practice, the "logical desire to encourage advancement of your own race before other races" is a racist policy. that's literally what hitler did. if you believe humans can be biologically divided by race, then you are a racist. if you think you should then prefer the advancement of a particular race above others, then you prefer racist policies.he was an ethnocentric but not a racist. he didn't harbor any outright hatred towards blacks. in fact he felt they should be treated like just a good as white people. however he still felt whites shouldn't intermarry with them and thought it would be better they whites and black lived separately. he still felt his own race was preferable but he made it clear in many speech that blacks are born equal to any other man. His views softened towards blacks a bit toward the end of his life too so it would be accurate to show him having sympathy towards the plight of black folk.
as i say actions speak louder than words. the emancipation proclamation may have been a shady political maneuver use by him to help win the war but the thirteenth amendment was unnecessary unless he felt morally obligated to do so.
alotta people confuse ethnocentrism with racism.
i would define racism as an ignorant desire to tear down another group of people based on perceived characteristics
ethnocentrism is more of a logical desire to encourage to advancement of your own race before other races. which is fine unless taken to extremes levels where it might turn into a feeling of supremacy.
he was an ethnocentric but not a racist. he didn't harbor any outright hatred towards blacks. in fact he felt they should be treated like just a good as white people. however he still felt whites shouldn't intermarry with them and thought it would be better they whites and black lived separately. he still felt his own race was preferable but he made it clear in many speech that blacks are born equal to any other man. His views softened towards blacks a bit toward the end of his life too so it would be accurate to show him having sympathy towards the plight of black folk.
as i say actions speak louder than words. the emancipation proclamation may have been a shady political maneuver use by him to help win the war but the thirteenth amendment was unnecessary unless he felt morally obligated to do so.
alotta people confuse ethnocentrism with racism.
i would define racism as an ignorant desire to tear down another group of people based on perceived characteristics
ethnocentrism is more of a logical desire to encourage to advancement of your own race before other races. which is fine unless taken to extremes levels where it might turn into a feeling of supremacy.
Brown folk:
White folk: "No no that's not racism, that's ethnocentrism"
