How many racist comments in the example?

[dank69]

What is this official definition? There's no official dictionary, just several generally highly acknowledged ones and they don't all fit your definition.



Yes I disagree, there are many Jewish people who follow traditions or other aspects of culture without being religious at all.

If someone else who was very familiar with this looked closely at me I'm sure they'd find aspects of Jewish culture that I unconsciously exhibit simply by being raised by someone who follows a lot of it, even though I don't see it in myself.



Of course it pays for people to be aware of what they might be communicating, deliberately or inadvertently, but calling someone's words racist because it could offend people is too much.

Oxford defines it as "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." Especially implies that it doesn't always have to be tied to inferiority/superiority.

Then you have another guy here trying to pretend that a belief that all members of a specific race possess characteristics or abilities in common isn't the textbook definition of racial stereotyping.

As for Jewish traditions, can you give some examples that are not rooted in the Jewish religion? I understand that you don't have to be religious to follow them but I can't think of one that isn't religious in nature.

There is a difference between calling a word racist and saying it can be used in a racist manner. It is important that you keep this in mind when trying to refute my points.

 

[OCNewbie]

Oxford defines it as "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."

Unless this is a different Oxford that you're using, that would be the second definition by Oxford. Here is the first:

Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/racism

 

[dank69]

Unless this is a different Oxford that you're using, that would be the second definition by Oxford. Here is the first:



http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/racism

Who cares if it is the second definition? Lots of words have multiple definitions. They are all valid. I said I use the broadest official definition. Take all the definitions from all the main dictionaries and that is one of the broadest.

Just Google racism and that is the definition that is listed.