The practice of racism is "racial discrimination"
Look up the definiton of it
i just looked up racism and racist and no where does it says you need to be in a position of power
so what are you talking about
racial discrimination is connected to racism , for you to discriminate on an entire race you typically would require some level of hate.
but i would also says that you can racially discriminate against someone without being racist
I had this discussion with internal affairs when i went to file a complaint on an office
he threw out racism
i backed him up and say, i never said the cop was racist, I said he harassed me and profiled me because of my race. That's racial profiling not racism. I have no idea if this cop hates me because I'm black...
I will say this, his whole demeanor changed and not that I'm looking for him to be receptive because of this but we need to call a pig with lipstick what it is and when it's not we shouldn't loosely "depower" words such that they are now taken very lightly.