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Originally Posted by nico-t
i get what you're saying. But i wouldn't describe it as 'racist', i'd describe it as being prejudice towards people other than themselves - yes, everyone has that. But it's logical.
The discussion here isn't about that though. It's about two completely different cultures that do not mix very well - it's proven over the years, that this utopian multicultural society - read: muslims in western countries - is a completely failed project. We don't mix well. And it's only muslims. We also have indonesians, chinese, etc, why didn't their immigration in western countries fail?
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I meant prejudice for different human groups; that can be anything starting from some prejudice against people from different town, town part, etc.
Word racism is used to describe prejudice and discrimination. Or if you want take the word literally: for starters discriminating someone because he is black, isn't racism per se without some belief about races and racial differences and discriminating because of that, but hardly no one asks those motives, and the accused might not even tell when asked. If you discriminate someone based on their skin colour, it is called as racism. Still, I am blamed for not getting what "racism" means. It is anyways quite hard to use the word as it was meant at the beginning of 19th century; as it requires knowing someone's racial beliefs (or the lack of those), and the exact motives about the discrimination.
That is why UN has a more broader definition, so that things don't get too complicated (when the issue is taken seriously and the meaning of the word makes difference).
"the term "racial discrimination" shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction, or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin that has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life."
Racism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia