The revision comes against the backdrop of protests around the U.S against police brutality after the death of George Floyd
says it will modify its definition of the word ‘racism’ at the request of an African-American lady to better make it reflect the oppression of people of colour.
Kennedy Mitchum, a recent graduate of Law from Drake University, Iowa, United States, contacted Merriam-Webster via emails to request an update of the term after she realised the current definition of the word was ‘problematic’ if she tried to define it as a lawyer in a law court, local media and CBS affiliate KMOV-TV reported.
But Merriam-Webster’s editorial manager, Peter Sokolowski, said the second definition borders on Ms Mitchum’s point.
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