&gt; [...] the belief that race exists. (Which it manifestly does, as a cultural construct.)<p>That&#x27;s like saying that aliens exist as a cultural construct. Let&#x27;s not mix reality and widely shared fantasies.<p>How would you call the unscientific belief that races exist in the human species, if not &quot;racism&quot;?<p>&gt; a lot of time &quot;racism&quot; is used broadly to refer to bigotry based on race, ethnicity, or nationality<p>True, just like &quot;vagina&quot; is used to refer to the vulva. Errors need to be pointed out, not accepted in silence, even if the hoi polloi will make you pay for it.