And most of their objections are just wanting more specificity, which is fine and all, but not a stalwart objection to noticing differences even if the category isnt good enough for you anthropologists   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism#Etymology,_definition_and_usage   If we split hairs, Trotsky still used the term racist first (as a club to browbeat, hence the change from racism to an accusation)   http://www.1917.com/Marxism/Trotsky/HRR/1-1.html https://redice.tv/news/racist-a-word-invented-by-ussr-s-leon-trotsky   https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/03/24/richard-henry-pratt-is-associated-with-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-word-racism/ Of course a possible mistranslation.   Ultimately usage matters but you wont get anywhere citing Trotsky's use really. Everyone agrees on the term now.   https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Racism#Origin_of_the_term_.22racism.22