Wow, I honestly didn't bother to read the majority of your post the first time,( still can't watch the video as I'm at work and wont risk some NSFW crap from HR) but after doing so .. wow, you seem to have some pent up anger here. Me pointing out the difference between the two isn't some way to try to remove blame or guilt from people of color. Being prejudice or a bigot isn't a nicer form of racism, you're still a piece of crap for regardless of your ability to infringe on another persons rights. But that ability to do so is the difference between racism and other forms of hatred based on whatever ridiculous difference a person sees.
Adding "systematic" to the word doesn't define the word differently, it's used to add emphasis, it's no different from saying a thorough investigation on a subject.
You didn't point out an actual difference. As I pointed out, 'racism' and 'prejudice' go hand in hand. One is a specific form of prejudice, while the other is an umbrella term for all forms. You clearly had no idea what you were even talking about. All you're doing now is repeating the same bullshit that I've debunked three times over.
Reading and comprehension are fundamental.
Racism: '
Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race
based on the belief that one's own race is superior.'
Racism: 'Discrimination or
prejudice based on race.'
Now what did I say from the very beginning? 'Racism
is prejudice,
prejudice based on race to be exact.' Uh-oh. That sounds identical to that definition.
No, genius, racism is not about power. You don't have to be part of a majority or some powerful institution just to do or say something that is racist. The Jim Crow laws were an example of racism carried out on an institutional level. That requires power. Ordinary, everyday acts of racism don't. No, the word 'systematic' isn't designed to 'add emphasis'. It's designed to distinguish one form of racism from the other. Racism means exactly what the two definitions above say it does. You're the one that posted the second one. Stop disagreeing with yourself.
'Being prejudice or a bigot isn't a nicer form of racism...' You're contradicting yourself. You just described prejudice and bigotry as a form of racism (which is stupid beyond belief, by the way). If prejudice != racism, then it can not be characterized as a form of it. Your understanding is completely ass-backwards. Prejudice is not a form of racism. All racism is prejudice. Racism is a form of prejudice.
I'm not trying to promote any Afrocentric idea, I'm going by the actual definition from one of the more respected dictionaries. As you know some are more accredited than others. Merriam Webster happens to be one of those. Words are often changed to fit societies "use".
Except you are. The 'racism = power' argument was intended to give black people and 'people of color' a monopoly on racial victimhood. Your definitions don't contradict anything that I just said. Again, did you even bother reading it?
Prejudice: 'preconceived judgment or opinion [...] an irrational attitude of
hostility directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics'
Racism: 'racial
prejudice or discrimination'
You contradicted your own argument, again. The third definition uses the word 'prejudice' specifically, and it doesn't limit racism to just those in power. You don't seem to realize that you're the only one here who's arguing against reputable dictionary definitions. Your conception of racism is based on the Talcum X, Van Jones, and Al Sharpton dictionary definition, which are based on the precepts of critical theory and post-modernism.
