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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think todays kids are fighting back about the policing of language and calling everyone a racist. 
What did they specifically say?  Was it actually something racist or just a generalization about a specific race?  There is a difference. [/quote]

There is a difference, but I wouldn’t want my kid doing either one.[/quote]

I’m glad someone at least agrees that there’s a difference. Because there is. The word racism has absolutely lost its meaning. [/quote]

Explain the difference to me like I'm 5.

I suppose you could say a personal attack is racist but repeating a stereotype is just prejudice or bigotry. But those are just degrees of racism. [/quote]

See? You figured out the difference yourself. Stereotyping is generalizing based on race; racism is hating people or looking down on people based on race. Both are bad, and they are related, but one is certainly worse. I am the PP who said there is a difference, but I wouldn’t want my kid doing either. I think the PP who asked which one implied that stereotyping is not worth correcting, and I disagree. [/quote]

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