Originally Posted by Janszoon

Racism isn't a system of oppression, it is prejudice based in beliefs of racial superiority. There are certainly systems of oppression based in racism but racism itself isn't the system.

Originally Posted by Fluff

The whole thing is bizarre. It would seem obvious that racism is prejudice/discrimination based on race and institutional racism is when that is happening institutionally. Why there has to be this conflation and redefining, I do not know.

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Controlling language controls thought and therefore controls action. The battle over the words we use and how we define them is a cornerstone to politics.

Originally Posted by jwb

A middle class job sounds like a boring menu option at a brothel