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You can apply any standard for 'racism' you wish. I am not required to follow that standard.
In fact, after reading several of these threads, I'm convinced my standard is quite different, and undoubtedly more robust, than yours.

I guess we don't see eye to eye on that.

But words have meaning and you don't get to change that, and applying another standard on a whim. The question is; does she feel that one race is superior to another? The answer is clearly no. Does she hate or is she intolerant of another race? The answer is clearly no. Did she once have reason to hate anyone of another race? I think at the age of 17 if my father had been murdered by a person of another race and the grand jury, all members of that same race, did not bring any charges against the killer, I would be tempted to harbor hatred. I feel that her story shows great character that she was able to overcome that and go on to help the White Farmer. Her story is a noble example of the best ideals of Humanity and Christian Compassion.

rac·ism

[rey-siz-uhm]

noun

a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.

a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.

hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.

But words have meaning and you don't get to change that, and applying another standard on a whim...

Oh man...sit through a meeting with a facilitator on "racial affairs," then lecture me about "the set meaning of the word, 'racism'." Fact is that if you looked at a dictionary from 1980 it would define the word differently...and a dictionary 20 years from now will define it differently still.

The question is; does she feel that one race is superior to another? The answer is clearly no.

You are in denial...the question is not whether she views one as being better than the other, but does she view them as being different, based upon skin color. The answer is obvious.

Does she hate or is she intolerant of another race? The answer is clearly no.

Odd standard there...you describe a virulent form of racism and conclude that she doesn't meet that standard, therefore she is not racist.

Your definition of racist is insufficient...it does not recognize that we are dealing with values. Your definition is merely a starting point. It is the lowest common denominator.

I'm applying a standard that may seem odd, but should be familiar..."I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

Given that she is a self-professed 'civil rights leader' speaking to the NAACP, she will be held to a higher standard...and she is fail, fail, FAIL.