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Racism

Racism is big these days.  When in doubt, call your opponent a racist.  It seems to work every time.  The classic forms have a color value, black, brown, red, and yellow.  In fact, racism has grown in scope.  Now we see systemic racism (police), implicit racism (employment), media racism (communications), symbolic racism (narrative) and implied racism (political).  Don’t forget compound forms such as implicit xxx racism, where xxx is a color.  Occasionally, when the term racism wilts from overuse, the word bias is temporarily substituted.  I really cannot see any end of it, no matter what policies are enacted, and no matter who is elected.  As long as there are votes to be gained under the branding by racism, it lives. Any group feeling itself suffering from racism becomes a voting block, among the most cherished commodities in election politics.  Have no fear whatever, academics and politicians will create new forms of racism as needed.  I can see intuitiv