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dont bother googling definitions...you know why?
this is why
"But racism goes beyond simple prejudice. What makes racism so powerful and destructive is that the negative prejudice is the basis for discrimination against "racial groups." The discrimination can take place in the job market, housing market, educational system, health care service system, or some other arena."
The difference between racism and prejudice....a distinction I thought progressives understood. - Democratic Underground
google will contain different variations of the same definition
No, you just been introduced to something adults call semantics.
Racism is primarily the blanket characterization of an entire race without basis.
I see people in here all the time call those poor, rural, conservative rednecks racist (and they ARE racist), but tell me how a poor ass cracker who has lived in the Appellechian Mountains for generations have ANY control over those things you say requires that they be "true" racists.
You are confusing discrimination and discriminatory practices with racism.
Racism has meant the same thing in psychological terms forever.