Whatever else it may or may not be, "racism" is certainly a word. It seems like most people see it as a bad word, and prefer that it not apply to them.  That preference may be served, at no great cost, by labeling people one imagines to be unlike one's self as the true bearers of the word, as true "racists." It may also be served by fixing upon a definition of the word that is personally congenial, so that a person who is sure that the best thing would be for Blacks to have their own separate country, where they might grow and prosper, and not live among Whites who would likewise be free to grow and prosper, can be confident that he is not racist. He holds no animosity for Blacks, he wishes them nothing he does not wish for himself, and so he is obviously free of the sin of "racism." And he can argue that the actual "racists" are those who propose school quotas for minority students, in terms of race. 
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