To me, it becomes clearer all the time that while, yes we had a definition in the 90s, it was no more valid than today's. The word is just an accusation of wrongthink. If you had a misguided idea about race, I wouldn't call you racist -- I'd call you wrong.
Yes, that is the inevitable result. Racism now has nothing to do with being wrong or amoral. They're gliding on people remembering "racism is bad" and hoping they don't connect it to the idea that racism literally isn't what it used to be.
To me, it becomes clearer all the time that while, yes we had a definition in the 90s, it was no more valid than today's. The word is just an accusation of wrongthink. If you had a misguided idea about race, I wouldn't call you racist -- I'd call you wrong.
Yes, that is the inevitable result. Racism now has nothing to do with being wrong or amoral. They're gliding on people remembering "racism is bad" and hoping they don't connect it to the idea that racism literally isn't what it used to be.