# White Entertainment Network

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-entertainment-network/22070>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 11, 2000, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-entertainment-network/22070 "2000-06-11T23:56:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-entertainment-network/22070/41 "2000-06-19T04:40:46Z")

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> The damned question is racist.

how so?  
from the online webster’s dictionary:

Main Entry: rac·ism  
Pronunciation: 'rA-"si-z&m also -"shi-  
Function: noun  
Date: 1936  
1 : 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  
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination

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