22-year old Missouri woman Kennedy Mitchum got Merriam-Webster to change its definition of racism.
Kennedy Mitchum said she decided to write to the dictionary's editors after people kept using its definition of racism against her.
Merriam-Webster has agreed to change the definition of racism in its dictionaries at the urging of a US woman who felt the current definition wasn't up to scratch.
Currently, Merriam-Webster defines racism as "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".
Kennedy Mitchum said she decided to write to the dictionary's editors after people kept using its definition of racism against her.
Merriam-Webster has agreed to change the definition of racism in its dictionaries at the urging of a US woman who felt the current definition wasn't up to scratch.
Currently, Merriam-Webster defines racism as "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".
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