R • A • C • I • S • M and The Flag

Did you know that racism was not a recognized word until the early part of the 20th century?  Of course, you didn’t.  But, in fact, the word ”racism” was derived from the word “racialism,” which first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1907. The fact of racism, depending upon the degree to which you subscribe to the literalism of the Bible, first arises in the time of Noah when one of his three sons, Ham, “was cursed by being black.” Further, the offspring of Ham, of which there were many, were likewise considered, in addition to their blackness, to be both sinful and degenerate due to their blackness.   Hmmm.  Is it possible to be...