Re: Is white racism nec. all bad?

John Otteson (otteson@b4pphf6.bnr.ca)
31 Mar 1995 17:33:44 GMT

In article <3l246u$br3@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, Forman@ix.netcom.com (Frank Forman) writes:
|> A new thread for several groups: Is white racism necessarily all bad?
|> ...
|> "racism": The most difficult word of the sentence, since the most
|> poorly defined. Are group rights of any sort possible, racist or
|> otherwise?

What is poorly defined about racism? From Webster's....

rac-ism \'ra^--,siz-em, -,shiz-\ n
(1936)
1: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and
capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority
of a particular race

OK? Oh, and yes, white racism is all bad. I base this view on the USA Declaration
of Independence.

---John