Re: racist vs racialist?

En réponse à Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>:

> I've run across the form _racialist_ a few times lately (in history
> and
> sociology books) - is there any difference from plain old boring
> _racist_? I
> know this's off-topic, but I figured you conlangers are the group of
> people
> that I know with the best chance of being able to answer. (MY lexica
> won't
> recognize the word "racialist".)
>
I've seen it once, in a definition, and it was defined as a doctrine
recognising the differences between races, without considering that one was
superior or inferior. Basically, it could be used for the US administration
today, which obliges you to put your race in forms, but officially disapproves
of racism. Nowadays, both terms are more or less synonymous though.

Christophe.

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