I've been reading quite a bit about racism in the various blogs over the last few days. It's all been interesting, however, I have a major issue with the word "racism" and its accompanying term "racist." Both are old words, archaic terms, and terms that are misused and quite inappropriate in establishing an honest dialogue about social relations in these United States of America. Racism is a word that carries with it lots of baggage from bygone days, Medieval days, pre-Scientific Revolution days, pre-Enlightenment days. It, and the term racist, ought to be banished from any and all debates about social relations. Both terms, racism and racist, do more harm than good in any discussion about social relations. We need to stop using it, both of them, if we truly wish to advance into the 21st century as an enlightened and progressive society.
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