[Ads-l] Fw: Correction of OED Dating of "Racism"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Upon closer investigation, I see that the OED is correct.  The source is correctly dated 1903.  Also, I should not take too much credit for contributing the citation to OED, as I was informing them of a discovery made by Evan Kirshenbaum.  (Kirshenbaum also was the discoverer of the then-earliest citation for the word "soccer" (subsequently further antedated slightly by me).."

Fred Shapiro


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From: Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
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I can't help but mention that I was the one who contributed this citation.

Fred Shapiro

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The OED's first citation for the word "racism," an amazingly modern use of the word, is dated 1903.  In fact, the book being cited was published in 1902.

Fred Shapiro

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