The Tulsa Race Riot

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That is not entirely accurate. Racism is valuing a race higher than another race, but not in a particular thing. It is not racist to say black people tend to be better at basketball, but it is racist to say, white people are superior to black people.

I don't follow the sacrosanct opinion of dictionaries, and thus questioned the definition and found it lacking. If it is not racist to be racist in one way, then why would it be racist to be racist in more than one way?

I see racism as negative even in this regard. Look at it this way, say a man is more inclined to be good at things that women are good at. Well, if everyone just assumes he is not because he is a man and "values" women for these skills, he may never find a job, because of sexism.

It is true, and we've that as our society as it is. My belief regarding breaking a societal standard is that if you're going to break the mold: you must be excel, you cannot be of a common value. As with the trees above, I must judge one alder so considerably superior to the others of its kind that it is worthy of a unique judgement.

Trees do not make up a race, Sae. Therefore, that is irrelevant.

But different races of trees do make up the example. How are spruce and birch different as trees in a way that african and russian are not different as humans?

People are not trees.

But trees could be people. I assume they have no brain or capacity for personality, and hence cannot be people... doesn't mean I am the leading expert on the subject of whether or not trees have a personality

The problem with this analogy, Sae is that just because a group of blacks, whites, hispanics, etc. are culturally more prone to be good at something does not mean they are all good at that thing. Therefore, even with so-called "positive" connotations, it is incorrect and encourages racial gaps that should not exist in society as a whole.

However, it does mean that an employer is more likely to economically manage his time by scouting only for people of the group that would typically be good that the thing

Again, if an individual wishes to break a mold: they must excel. The racial gaps in society are not going away, because there infact are differences. As cleanly as alders and spruce are different trees: black and red are different humans.

It is not racism to attack people in a location for resources or military strategy. That is government and military-related, not race-related. However, if you attack a country to "kill the infidels," "wipe out the *insert ethnic slur here*," then it is racist and I find it repulsive.

I didn't say it was... I was agreeing with you on the anti-pointless violence message

I can certainly see strong racism as a useful tool for getting a 'democratic' country behind attacking someone you don't like ^_^