Major Lima Charlie
Eyerunny
Major Lima Charlie
Jessi Danger
Major Lima Charlie
Yeah, sort of like how we should use the popular definition of "theory." We shouldn't let scientists dictate what the word means, but rather every Tom, d**k, and Jane.
Jargon is jargon for a reason. If the common people don't like that, it's too ******** bad. Get educated or don't complain.
We have the dictionary don't we?
Also the racism formula is not some authoritative academic jargon, it is literally the conjecture of a handful of social justice activists and a few professors scattered across the country.
Why should Pat Bidol, Judy Katz, and Tim Wise preferred definition be the one we consider "educated?"
The lay dictionary does not trump specific fields' jargon. Ever.
No, it is sociological standard. If you don't like it, tough ******** nuts.
I see BWA is rubbing off on you.
He's also fond of the "that's just the way it is" fallacy (bare assertion,) actual etymology of words be damned.
No, this is me countering appeal to popularity. Argument ad populum. It's fallacious.
You overextended then, since you made a fallacious (as it stands without elaboration) claim of your own while calling it out.
Furthermore, from what I can tell you're concluding the argument from popularity from "the rest of the English Speaking world" which is not necessarily such an argument; It can be elaborated to be pertaining to the effectiveness of communication already established in the "English speaking world." I don't believe there has ever been a problem with the
connotation that stood a test of time, which means the popular usage is one
indicator that it has been effective in conveying the idea as shorthand for "scientific racism" and it can be confirmed by other means as well.
That's (scientific racism) the more common type referred to in our communication, and it's not that difficult to say "institutional racism" or "systematic racism" to avoid misunderstandings, understanding what the word "racism" alone is going to denote in the status quo of language usage.
Just expecting people to know what you're talking about when omitting the specific indication against the grain of common understanding, then trying to push appeal to authority to justify it, exclaiming that those who point out the miscommunication are "uneducated," comes off as pretentious and elitist. Those authorities being appealed to by your side of this petty semantic argument likely provided sufficient context in their work to indicate the latter forms of "racism" mentioned above, rather than intending to reform the usage of it.
Actually the OP seems more honorable on this matter than you are being, as she clarified what she meant without any condescension and didn't try to demand that people should understand words how she prefers them to be understood. Such an attitude is a bit more than selfish, and I bet you have the vocabulary to understand what word would fit the bill here. It's quite ironic.