Prior to the last several years, I would have interpreted "not racist" to mean "not discriminating or holding prejudice against persons or peoples on account of race" and "anti-racist" as meaning "making efforts to counter or thwart racism, or at the very least, opposed to the toleration of racism and racists". I haven't read Kendi's book, but I interpreted the title How to be an Antiracist as gesturing straightforwardly at the latter: "Yes, and here is how racism can be thwarted, and these are the efforts you need to make".
I'd agree though that edits to Tolkien's wikipedia page are made with the new sense in mind. I doubt the person meant it in ideological sense, though. They were just aware that in the new world Critical Social Justice has made, racism is a black and white struggle and you are either with the racists or you are "Anti-Racist". This bugs me about as much as it seems to bug you, ie, a lot.
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Prior to the last several years, I would have interpreted "not racist" to mean "not discriminating or holding prejudice against persons or peoples on account of race" and "anti-racist" as meaning "making efforts to counter or thwart racism, or at the very least, opposed to the toleration of racism and racists". I haven't read Kendi's book, but I interpreted the title How to be an Antiracist as gesturing straightforwardly at the latter: "Yes, and here is how racism can be thwarted, and these are the efforts you need to make".
I'd agree though that edits to Tolkien's wikipedia page are made with the new sense in mind. I doubt the person meant it in ideological sense, though. They were just aware that in the new world Critical Social Justice has made, racism is a black and white struggle and you are either with the racists or you are "Anti-Racist". This bugs me about as much as it seems to bug you, ie, a lot.
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