Years from
now, perhaps even sooner, the brain trust at Oxford English Dictionary (OED) will
have to reconsider exactly what the word racism means and how its historical
meaning has changed in contemporary times. OED’s is the respected authority on English language “as an
unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words—
past and present—from across the English-speaking world.”
Since they
meet four times a year to revise, update, and replace older versions of words
that have newer meaning, I can’t think of a better word with which to start.
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