You missed the point. I am saying people misuse the word racist or racism. We are all one race. The human race so therefor the term racist is in the way society at large uses it is wrong. Bigotry maybe but not racism. There would have to be a different race, non-human race, for the term racism to be relevant is what I was getting at. It is my contention, that even though society uses a word inappropriately, it does not change the meaning of the word. I am no English scholar. So take it or leave it, just my opinion.
I understand what you're saying. The colloquial usage of "race" in "human race", meaning species, is a misnomer that has found its way into common usage even among us grammar geeks: Whenever the Census rolls around, for example, I always answer the question on "race" by checking "Other" and writing in HUMAN RACE. :)
You missed the point. I am saying people misuse the word racist or racism. We are all one race. The human race so therefor the term racist is in the way society at large uses it is wrong. Bigotry maybe but not racism. There would have to be a different race, non-human race, for the term racism to be relevant is what I was getting at. It is my contention, that even though society uses a word inappropriately, it does not change the meaning of the word. I am no English scholar. So take it or leave it, just my opinion.
I understand what you're saying. The colloquial usage of "race" in "human race", meaning species, is a misnomer that has found its way into common usage even among us grammar geeks: Whenever the Census rolls around, for example, I always answer the question on "race" by checking "Other" and writing in HUMAN RACE. :)
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