Time to stop taking the knee?

[raefil]

No, its anti semitism. Islam isn't a race either. There's a reason there's a separate word for it. You can't rewrite definitions to fit your opinion.

A race is a category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical features.

Youre wrong but I`ll leave you with this.

Racism is based on the idea that there are different human races: the 'white race', the 'black race', the 'yellow race', and the 'red race'. People of the same race are assumed to share certain characteristics.

Hitler and the National Socialists (Nazis) also believed that people could be divided into races. And they believed that the races were in competition with each other. According to the Nazis, the Jews were a weak, dangerous, and inferior race that did not belong in Germany.

The ideas of Hitler and the Nazis were racist. After the Second World War, science showed that the classification of humanity into different races is wrong. There is only one race: the human race.

Conclusion: Jews are not a race, and categorising people according to race is wrong and dangerous. Even so, some people still believe in the concept. If it is the basis for their hatred of Jews, it is undoubtedly racist.

Is antisemitism a form of racism?

Antisemitism means hatred of Jews. Does that mean that antisemitism is a form of racism? Read the answer here.

www.annefrank.org

We should also remember that the Semitic people are an ethnic and cultural group so are an actual race

Semitic people - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[stf4ever]

Youre wrong but I`ll leave you with this.

Is antisemitism a form of racism?

Antisemitism means hatred of Jews. Does that mean that antisemitism is a form of racism? Read the answer here.

www.annefrank.org

We should also remember that the Semitic people are an ethnic and cultural group so are an actual race

If I'm wrong then so is the Oxford Dictionary.

You're misrepresenting religious bigotry as racism.

The conclusion you've just posted even states 'Jews are not a race.'

 

[raefil]

If I'm wrong then so is the Oxford Dictionary.

You're misrepresenting religious bigotry as racism.

The conclusion you've just posted even states 'Jews are not a race.'

You mean this conclusion?

If it is the basis for their hatred of Jews, it is undoubtedly racist.

 

[jakehake]

Why don't Footballers say The Lord's Prayer before every game of football

How do you know they don’t?

they might put their chairs on the table before going out on the pitch too

 

[Sepp Blatter]

No, its anti semitism. Islam isn't a race either. There's a reason there's a separate word for it. You can't rewrite definitions to fit your opinion.

A race is a category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical features.

A race is many things - and can class a social group, a nationality, a religion, and many other groups. It really does depend on how you define it and, as is the case in English more than most languages, that is not easy.

So, when I write a paper about racism, I have to spend quite a long time going through the various definitions before laying out which ones I am going to use for the paper.

 

[Sepp Blatter]

If I'm wrong then so is the Oxford Dictionary.

You're misrepresenting religious bigotry as racism.

The conclusion you've just posted even states 'Jews are not a race.'

Dictionaries in English don't define how words should be used - they define how they are used.

That's one of the nuances of the English language and why defining any word is difficult and subject to debate.

 

[Nobber]

Middlesbrough players didn’t take the knee.

Times are changing!

 

[raefil]

Middlesbrough players didn’t take the knee.

Times are changing!

several did. Its all about choice, as it should be.

 

[Preston Lad]

Middlesbrough players didn’t take the knee.

Times are changing!

I think most of them did.

 

[stf4ever]

You mean this conclusion?

Yes. They've got it incorrect too. As Jews aren't a race, racism would be the wrong definition.

Dictionaries in English don't define how words should be used - they define how they are used.

That's one of the nuances of the English language and why defining any word is difficult and subject to debate.

Erm, I'd argue that most of our language has a universally accepted definition.

 

[Sepp Blatter]

Yes. They've got it incorrect too. As Jews aren't a race, racism would be the wrong definition.



Erm, I'd argue that most of our language has a universally accepted definition.

Accepted, but with a lot of room for debate - as I said, English dictionaries reflect how a word is used and defined. In the case of racism, different dictionaries give lots of different definitions for it. Some in line with how you define it, some in line with how I define it - because both definitions are used.

Hence, as noted before, the need to set out in a paper exactly how you intend to use it before you start, to prevent confusion.

As it happens, the definition of racism according purely to physical characteristics is starting to fall out of usage. Partly due to academia, where it is rarely used like that due to some unsavoury links with the past, and partly because of social pressure. Society itself is shifting the definition over time.

 

[stf4ever]

Accepted, but with a lot of room for debate - as I said, English dictionaries reflect how a word is used and defined. In the case of racism, different dictionaries give lots of different definitions for it. Some in line with how you define it, some in line with how I define it - because both definitions are used.

Hence, as noted before, the need to set out in a paper exactly how you intend to use it before you start, to prevent confusion.

As it happens, the definition of racism according purely to physical characteristics is starting to fall out of usage. Partly due to academia, where it is rarely used like that due to some unsavoury links with the past, and partly because of social pressure. Society itself is shifting the definition over time.

Arguably the same is happening with gender.

I would say we're attempting to change accepted definitions to promote an agenda.

 

[Nobber]

I think most of them did.

Only going off what Dave Sneddon said on Twitter.

 

[Sepp Blatter]

Arguably the same is happening with gender.

I would say we're attempting to change accepted definitions to promote an agenda.

A fair point, and it is certainly possible to push how a language is defined in a certain way.

But, because English is such a fluid language, it can also drift naturally and evolve. That's the main reason I love it!

 

[europne]

I saw a cocktail on the menu in a restaurant today, a Negroni, am I allowed to say that when I order it or should I just point?

 

[pnewortham]

I think most of them did.

None of them took the knee, or at least the 6 or 7 I could see in shot. Looked very much like a 'team' decision. No idea what they've done in previous games?

 

[pneveg]

Is there a certain way to take the knee. Which knee do you kneel on, And which arm do you salute Black power

 

[Preston Lad]

None of them took the knee, or at least the 6 or 7 I could see in shot. Looked very much like a 'team' decision. No idea what they've done in previous games?

I thought most of them did🤷🏻‍♂️

Might need to get to Specsavers

 

[pnewortham]

Is there a certain way to take the knee. Which knee do you kneel on, And which arm do you salute Black power

There's no correct arm. Tommy Smith and John Carlos had agreed to take a pair of gloves each to the medal ceremony, but one of them forgot so they ended up sharing a pair, and therefore raising different arms.

 

[justinr73]

I saw a cocktail on the menu in a restaurant today, a Negroni, am I allowed to say that when I order it or should I just point?

Perhaps just ask for a gin, Campari and sweet vermouth in the same glass?