The definition of racism will get an update in Merriam-Webster. The move comes after recent college grad Kennedy Mitchum emailed its editors and suggested that the definition should include a reference to systemic oppression. hereandnow
The move comes after recent college graduate Kennedy Mitchum emailed the editors of Merriam-Webster to express her frustration over its definition of racism: “a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.”“It's not just disliking someone because of the color of their skin,” she says.
“They were basically just saying, like, ‘Do you understand the definition of racism? Because that's actually not racism,’ ” Mitchum says. “That's not OK. It may not be as blatant as you want it to be. It may not be, you know, a note with the N-word, but it still hurts.” So Mitchum reached out to Merriam-Webster to express her concerns, and she says an editor got back to her quickly. After some conversation, she says Merriam-Webster agreed to update the definition.
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