Merriam-Webster to Update Definition of ‘Racism’ to Include Systemic Oppression, Likely to Reconsider Definition of ‘President’ and ‘Bigotry’ As Well

Words matter. If they didn’t, we wouldn’t have gargantuan dictionaries like Merriam-Webster’s. But because language is constantly evolving, the dictionary has to be updated on an ongoing basis, too. The latest edit? The…