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<blockquote data-quote="Cadence" data-source="post: 8078346" data-attributes="member: 6701124"><p>Racial bigotry is bad. Racial bigotry that is backed up by the power to keep the ones being discriminated against down seems worse. Merriam-Webster recently took note of that distinction which has been made more and more in the humanities since Bidol wrote about it in 1970. <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racism" target="_blank">Merriam-Webster Definition of Racism</a> . That second definition has been the default usage of many for over a decade now, especially in parts of academia and in organizations fighting racism. It feels like most of those using that definition would like all racial bigotry to go away - but many find it absurd to worry about it all equally when it's practical impact is far from equal.</p><p></p><p>The idea that some real world groups on average would be getting some extra bonuses if written as starting D&D characters doesn't seem hard to justify. Comparing the distributions of wealth between white and black families in America shows that starting wealth for the two clearly wouldn't be computed using the same table. Neither would the distribution of mentors, contacts, and ease of acquiring training. These differences were legally enforced in the lifetimes of some posting on this board (and certainly in the lifetimes of many of their parents lifetimes). In spite of lack of such blatant official legal sanction today, it's still not hard to find examples that aren't much better than the now-illegal redlining. And there are certainly many comment sections of news sites that can turn out folks that would be right at home in the days of segregation and Jim Crow laws - if not slavery.</p><p></p><p>In any case, when there is a historical ongoing systemic imbalance of power, whataboutism to say everyone is racist often feels like a great derailer. In many cases I'm sure the person arguing about the definition is sincere, but an AI system trained to recognize stormfront-influenced posts would probably raise some flags.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cadence, post: 8078346, member: 6701124"] Racial bigotry is bad. Racial bigotry that is backed up by the power to keep the ones being discriminated against down seems worse. Merriam-Webster recently took note of that distinction which has been made more and more in the humanities since Bidol wrote about it in 1970. [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racism']Merriam-Webster Definition of Racism[/URL] . That second definition has been the default usage of many for over a decade now, especially in parts of academia and in organizations fighting racism. It feels like most of those using that definition would like all racial bigotry to go away - but many find it absurd to worry about it all equally when it's practical impact is far from equal. The idea that some real world groups on average would be getting some extra bonuses if written as starting D&D characters doesn't seem hard to justify. Comparing the distributions of wealth between white and black families in America shows that starting wealth for the two clearly wouldn't be computed using the same table. Neither would the distribution of mentors, contacts, and ease of acquiring training. These differences were legally enforced in the lifetimes of some posting on this board (and certainly in the lifetimes of many of their parents lifetimes). In spite of lack of such blatant official legal sanction today, it's still not hard to find examples that aren't much better than the now-illegal redlining. And there are certainly many comment sections of news sites that can turn out folks that would be right at home in the days of segregation and Jim Crow laws - if not slavery. In any case, when there is a historical ongoing systemic imbalance of power, whataboutism to say everyone is racist often feels like a great derailer. In many cases I'm sure the person arguing about the definition is sincere, but an AI system trained to recognize stormfront-influenced posts would probably raise some flags. [/QUOTE]
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