How do YOU define racism?
The definition of racism is perhaps the biggest problem. See all the suggestions this thread has generated about "how to end racism"...without anyone defining the term? I believe that most people our age (I'm thinking typical Villager...55+ YOA) has a similar idea about what constitutes racism. (I won't go into my/our hoary out-of-touch thoughts.) However, we are completely out of step with modern thinking about racism...thus, all the responses to this thread's title/question are also out of step.
Recent academic work/theories, university-level classes, and federally-funded training for government employees hold that racism is structural, systemic, and institutional. I won't turn this into a never-to-be-read tome, but, the bottom line is...if you are white, you are racist; you exhibit racism by your very being and existence. Math, science, forgiveness, logic, reasoning (and many other characteristics) are all artifacts of racist thinking, a racist culture and a racist system.
Now, try responding to this thread with the above ideas (that are being taught to our grandchildren and current federal employees) as back drop to the thread's title.
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