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Originally Posted by aklim
What you seem to be saying is that whether a group's exclusion of a person of different race is racist or not depends on whether you agree with their reason or not. IMO, regardless of reason, exclusion based on race is racism be it white, black, yellow, brown, green or purple.
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Aklim, we already know that you wanted to join the Girl Scouts.....
I believe intent is part of any -ism. Groups formed to help people of similar nature are not the same as groups formed to denigrate or exclude a different group. Girl Scouts do not plan bombings of Boy Scout camps, they do not oppose the election of Boy Scouts, they do not attempt to gerrymander Boy Scout voting areas, they do not attempt to create standardized testing in our schools which favors Girls Scouts and prejudices Boy Scouts, and they do not burn totem poles on Boy Scout lawns.