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08-15-2009, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by xYinniex View Post
thing is, you can't stop racism, because anything can be used against each other. I'm don't condone racism of any sort but, if you look at the histories of different languages, [otherwise known as lexicography,] the meanings of words change.
I don't think that we can stop racism. Definitely not any time soon, anyway. That doesn't mean that we should sit back and let it happen, though. Spread education. Learn. Make the change you want to see. It's hard to stop racism, but it's not hard to say to your friends, "I heard that the word 'caucasian' is racist. Here's why," or, "I heard that the word 'Hispanic' isn't PC. Here's why."


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