Merriam-Webster's current definition of racism is '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'
, "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."Protests in response to the killing of George Floyd have taken place worldwide. In Vancouver, a protester holds up a Black Lives Matter sign during a demonstration on May 31.
"This revision would not have been made without your persistence in contacting us about this problem," Chambers said in the email to Mitchum, which was obtained by CNN. "We sincerely thank you for repeatedly writing in and apologize for the harm and offense we have caused in failing to address this issue sooner."
"The mission for [Noah] Webster himself, you know, back in his first dictionary in 1806, was to essentially present the current active vocabulary of American English and that's still our mission today," Soklowski said.
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A Missouri woman asked Merriam-Webster to update its definition of racism and now officials will change itKennedy Mitchum wasn't expecting much when she emailed Merriam-Webster last month, but she wanted to let the dictionary publisher know that she thought its definition of the word racism was inadequate.
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After George Floyd's death, your pastor should be protesting injustice right now'The historic silence of many predominantly white churches in America has only deepened division, as our people are not confronted with the racism that exists in all of us,' writes NickHall for usatodayopinion.
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