Charles Barkley

[Faith No More]

Racism

noun

the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.

Nobody thinks that "oreo" refers to all members of a race like the word "nigger" or "cracker" does. "Oreo" is a derogatory word directed at a characteristic of an individual and not a characteristic of an entire race. Racism is about characteristics of an entire race so for the word to be racist it has to be something which attempts to make a description about an entire race. The term "nigger" can be applied to all blacks(by a racist person). The term "oreo" can not credibly be applied to all blacks(even by a racist person).

Do you honestly think that people object to the n-word because it is a blanket term? People object to it because it is derogatory, just as you admitted the term "oreo" was. The problem lies when you tie a racial term with intent to be derogatory. There are plenty of other ways to express your feelings about what you think of a person, but when you use a term that references race and use that term to be deragatory, that is racism.

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Negative Faith No More....that is not racist. To be racists the insult has to be directed to the entire race. "Oreo" is an insult directed at specific individuals of a race.

A term can be racist by simply referencing race. It doesn't matter whether it's thrown at one person or a whole group.

You're under the impression that racism simply means generalizing about a race, when it is much, much more than that.