This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Change the definition of Racism used by authorities and dictionaries.
Please change current Racism definition to reflect Miriam Webster Dictionary. For Racism to exist the two elements are required: racial prejudice, and social power. current UK definition perpetrates racism itself, and used as excuse for white supremacy, hate crime and institution discrimination.
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Definitions can lag behind societal developments, there are too many White Brits denying Racism exist in UK only because dictionaries definition doesn't reflect that. Current definition of racism in UK is based on colonization beliefs and attitudes and denies people they lived experiences therefore protects the perpetrator (intentional and unintentional) of superior race; White People and oppresses the victim: people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups, which itself is racist.
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