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Merriam-Webster to Redefine 'Racism' After Missouri Woman's Plea

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CBS affiliate KMOV-TV reported.«It's not just disliking someone because of their race,» Mitchum wrote in a Facebook post. «This current fight we are in is evidence of that, lives are at stake because of the systems of oppression that go hand-in-hand with racism.»The revision comes against the backdrop of protests around the country against police brutality after the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer pinned his neck to the ground.The Merriam-Webster online dictionary first defines racism as «a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.»Mitchum, who recently graduated from Drake.

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