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'''Racism''' is a particularly virulent [[meme]] based upon the concept of mankind being divided into different races, normally including the assumption that one race is superior to all others. One who subscribes to such a belief is known as a '''racist'''. Racism has been responsible for the subjugation and persecution of black people brought to North America from Africa as slaves, policies that have denied fundamental democratic rights to millions, and for the deaths of six million people of Jewish descent during the [[WWII|Second World War]] | '''Racism''' is a particularly virulent [[meme]] based upon the concept of mankind being divided into different races, normally including the assumption that one race is superior to all others. One who subscribes to such a belief is known as a '''racist'''. Racism has been responsible for the subjugation and persecution of black people brought to North America from Africa as slaves, policies that have denied fundamental democratic rights to millions, and for the [[Holocaust|deaths of six million people of Jewish descent]] during the [[WWII|Second World War]] | ||
== Racism on SD.net Forums == | == Racism on SD.net Forums == | ||
Revision as of 00:45, 10 July 2008
Racism is a particularly virulent meme based upon the concept of mankind being divided into different races, normally including the assumption that one race is superior to all others. One who subscribes to such a belief is known as a racist. Racism has been responsible for the subjugation and persecution of black people brought to North America from Africa as slaves, policies that have denied fundamental democratic rights to millions, and for the deaths of six million people of Jewish descent during the Second World War
Racism on SD.net Forums
In the forum's early days, the board faced an invasion by the World Church of the Creator, an overtly racist movement.
Mike Wong, who has experienced racism first hand, does not take kindly to it. A very good way to get banned is to say something negative about him based on his Chinese ancestry.