"Racism is a very recent concept. I am not sure
when the word was first used, but I believe it was during the 19th
century when the idea emerged that it is bad to consider one’s own
ethnic group to be superior to others. The concept of “racism” took hold
only in the West. In Japan, for example, it is taken for granted that
Japanese are superior to Koreans, while the Chinese have for millennia
considered themselves to be superior to all others, and still do.
Similarly, Arabs have always considered themselves entitled to enslave
African blacks.
Personally, I think the idea that one should
not consider one’s own ethnic group to be superior to others is a good
one. But that concept has been left in the dust here in the U.S. because
it has little political utility: virtually no one disagrees with it.
Nowadays, “racism” generally refers to opposing voter fraud, or wanting
the federal government to balance its budget, or advocating enforcement
of immigration laws. The word is now pretty much devoid of all meaning,
and essentially, a “racist” is anyone who disagrees with a liberal." [Power Line]
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