From: bmscotttg
Message: 64755
Date: 2009-08-15
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Francesco Brighenti" <frabrig@>There is no conflict between a genetic basis for facial
> wrote:
>> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Koenraad Elst" <koenraad.elst@>
>> wrote:
>>> It would seem to me that "racism" defines a political ideology
>>> that allots unequal rights to people of different races.
>> Wrong. This is not the main definition of the English term
>> "racism", but of "racial/ethnic prejudice/discrimination" (a.k.a.
>> "skin color-aroused discrimination") instead. You are here
>> referring to _institutional_ racism and its underlying political
>> ideology; yet, some more basic, general and all-encompassing
>> definitions of "racism" are:
>> - "the belief that there are characteristics, abilities, or
>> qualities specific to each race" (Oxford English Dictionary);
> Here's a racist website:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8199951.stm
> (sorry for deleting the other definitions).
> I think the BBC should be ashamed of themselves.
> (Of course they claim outwardly that this is based on culture,
> but here
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7798687.stm
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6055430.stm
> we can see what they really mean).