How Blatant Anti-White Racism Won Acceptance in Elite America
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That cannot be the definition of racism. Saying that black people have dark skin would be racist then.
Racism is race-based hatred.
That doesn't cover all racist discrimination. A boss could refuse to hire black men because they think they do a poor job, or don't want them in the room with their female employees, or a building manager might refuse to rent to blacks because they're worried about lowering perceived property value - but in either case it wouldn't necessarily mean they personally hate or dislike black people. That behavior would be still called racism.
I don't think this is racist per se. Immoral perhaps, but not racist. Just realistic if true, from the manager's perspective.
That would be racist. Is it hateful? Not necessarily. You have a point.
New suggestion: Racism is race-based unfair discrimination.
Still not the best definition...
Would blanket-charging black people more for insurance (car, health, or house) be fair? Actuaries would say it would be. Non-actuaries would say it probably wouldn't be.
If you're doing a movie on Shaka Zulu, do you cast a white woman to play him? It isn't "fair" that some groups are arbitrarily excluded from top-billing of any given movie, after all. Plenty have argued this exact point (though usually the reverse scenario example) as being a matter of fairness.
The Nigerian complaining about example #2 also doesn't let Nicaraguans into his store for the simple reason that he doesn't like their particular skin color. He's fine with Nigerians, of course. On a macro-scale, they're both "black", they're the same race, but he's hating based on skin tone. Most people would call "discrimination based on skin tone" to be "racism", but based on your wording, it is not the case here.
Yes, that's the new definition being promoted by globalhomo.
What's yours?
the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities
This is obviously the case. Otherwise the concept of "race" would not exist.
Wait. The idea of racism is that it's a bad attitude to have. Merely recognizing racial differences shouldn't be called racism.