re: #132 Decatur Deb

Whoever gets to define the vocabulary wins.

Dictionaries don’t define language. Although they do serve as brakes. Normally, dictionaries mirror the usage as it is.
oxforddictionaries.com

Definition of racism in English:
noun

[MASS NOUN]
1Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior:
a programme to combat racism
MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES
SYNONYMS
1.1The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races:
theories of racism

(At this point the usual response is to ask something daft like “And who writes a dictionary?”)