(FILES) In this file photo a Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary is displayed in a bookstore on November 10, 2003 in Niles, Illinois. - The American reference dictionary Merriam-Webster will change its definition of the word racism at the suggestion of a young black woman, who wanted it to better reflect the oppression of people of color reported on June 10, 2020. Kennedy Mitchum, a recent graduate of Drake University in Iowa, contacted Merriam-Webster, which has published its dictionaries since 1847, to propose updating the term. "I basically told them that they need to include that there's a systematic oppression upon a group of people," she told the local CBS affiliate KMOV. "It's not just, 'Oh, I don't like someone.' "Merriam-Webster's editorial manager Peter Sokolowski confirmed to AFP that the definition would be modified after Mitchum's request. (Photo by Tim Boyle / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
NEW YORK: Kamus rujukan Amerika Syarikat (AS), Merriam-Webster akan mengemas kini makna perkataan “rasisme”, lapor agensi berita Xinhua.
Langkah itu diambil selepas seorang wanita kulit hitam di Missouri, mendakwa definisi sekarang tidak termasuk mengenai penindasan sistematik terhadap warna kulit.
“Kajian semula untuk makna perkataan rasisme sedang dirancang untuk ditambah ke dalam kamus serta menyemak semula perkataan lain yang berkaitan dengan rasisme,” menurut perkongsian Kennedy Mitchum, lulusan Drake University di Iowa, menerusi Facebooknya baru-baru ini.
Mitchum, 22, menghantar e-mel kepada syarikat kamus itu bulan lalu, susulan kematian lelaki Afrika-Amerika George Floyd.
“Saya memberitahu mereka bahawa definisi sedia ada tidak mewakili apa yang sebenarnya berlaku di dunia,” kata Mitchum kepada CNN. – Bernama