Definitions of Racism

[Chitown Kev]

12. kind of...yes

what a proper dictionary should do is to list all the current usages and definitions of the word and, when possible, the specific contexts in which the word is used...so beside the "prejudice + power" definition it should indicate that it's used primarily in a sociological context untl it becomes "sufficiently" mainstream.

Somewhere out on the edge of the Internet, I recall seeing post that the "prejudice + power" definition was in the OED for a brief moment and it was excised.

The nice part about this exercise here is that the more we talk about it and debate it, the more likely that it does enter the dictionary at some point.