> Like M could say, "I define prejudice as blah blah blah and racism as blah blah blah and this is what separates the two."
Small suggestion: "In this conversation, I will use 'prejudice' to mean ...."
That is, it can help to be explicit that in using a provided definition, one is not trying to sneakily win the society wide contest over definitions, nor to compel others, but only seeking to be clear about one's own speech.
That a key difference between using definitions as underhanded weapons (either to win "by definition", or to obfuscate and confuse any pushback), and using them to facilitate good faith communications.
Nonsense. "Prejudice" means "to judge before," meaning making presumptions about someone based on physical characteristics and not actually knowing. Black man in a dark suit? Must be a security guard. Can't be anyone important.
> Like M could say, "I define prejudice as blah blah blah and racism as blah blah blah and this is what separates the two."
Small suggestion: "In this conversation, I will use 'prejudice' to mean ...."
That is, it can help to be explicit that in using a provided definition, one is not trying to sneakily win the society wide contest over definitions, nor to compel others, but only seeking to be clear about one's own speech.
That a key difference between using definitions as underhanded weapons (either to win "by definition", or to obfuscate and confuse any pushback), and using them to facilitate good faith communications.
Nonsense. "Prejudice" means "to judge before," meaning making presumptions about someone based on physical characteristics and not actually knowing. Black man in a dark suit? Must be a security guard. Can't be anyone important.
That's what the word means.