The Study of Racialism

First off, for the disclaimer, I agree with the definition of racism used on this site. However, are there any peer-reviewed web-based resources that I can use that support the definition of racism used here? I need some resources for debates I've had with people on "racism" on other websites. Thank you in advance.

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I do not know of any. Five years ago, I tried to research how it is actually used, both in scholarly literature and in the media. I concluded that it simply denotes distinction between people, of which the word-user disapproves. I wrote a brief essay, trying to bring some consistency to it. It is at The Trouble With “Racism”.

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Frank W. Sweet

Great essay, Frank!

But still, what you tell me is unfortunate, because many people still try to use backronym-style revisionist definitions of "racism" (politically loaded definitions, I might add), which go something like this:


Racism: A system where one group oppresses another or other groups of people based on inherent different traits.



And then they go on to "reverse racism," which they define as follows:



Reverse Racism: A system where a formerly oppressed group or groups of people gain the power to oppress the former oppressor

Ex: Reverse racism does not exist in the United States.



Basically, these are tactics more than anything to absolve certain groups and communities from being capable of "racism." I tend to use dictionary definitions of racism, which can include any and all people as being capable of racism, whether they have power or not.

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Many of these same people are trying to make "institutional(ized) racism" and "racism" one and the same, when the former is a specific form of the latter. Furthermore, in doing this, many of them are trying to absolve Black Americans of ever being racist, since they are not considered to be a group in "power" here in the U.S.

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