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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greg K" data-source="post: 8097479" data-attributes="member: 5038">Actually the second definition  in Webster's is the original for racism . It was first documented use was, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, was by Pratt"egregating any class or race of people apart from the rest of the people kills the progress of the segregated people or makes their growth very slow. Association of races and classes is necessary to destroy racism and classism. "The second definition was also that used by early 20th century academics such as W.E.B. Dubois. According to one of my former professors, it was also Dubois' useage which is the basis for the academic definition.The more common definition, which Webster lists first, was a redefinition that took root after World War II (I would have to back and check sources to see if this was in the U.S. or other countries as well).</blockquote>