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[rm]

phrases that piss me off:

"male prostitution" and "reverse racism"

meanwhile:

Forced prostitution in the Russian army: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/russian-soldiers-sold-for-sex/

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[rm.livejournal.com]

yeah, but neither I nor the American Heritage Dictionary feel that way:

The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

I'd also add that numbers are a poor way to try to add to a perfectly adequate definition. Note that apartheid South Africa was ruled by an oppressive white minority.

I'm a major hard ass about words though. As in, I have had at least two dozen arguments about "decimate" but that's a different drama.