CWS4322
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I hate it when threads get off track and degenerate into name calling. I found NOTHING in this thread that was racist or intolerant. The only intolerance, I thought, was for bad grammar and misuse and mispronunciation of words in the English language.
Racism and racial discrimination are also used to describe discrimination on an ethnic or cultural basis, independent of somatic differences. Because culture defines language, displaying a bias towards people who use language as it is used within the culture in which they live and to state an intolerance about such use is a form of racism that is independent of somatic differences. Specific examples would be pointing out differences in pronunciation or grammatical use. In the area where I live, one of those examples is typical of the speech pattern of First Nations people. That's all I'm going to say on the topic. Cliches and jargon are not the same.