One of the biggest problems with defining racism is trying to confine it to simple terms but it is far more complex than you think. I am a black woman from an African country and I still grew up surrounded by racism’s ramifications. I wrote about my experience in a previous article https://medium.com/the-ascent/3-steps-against-my-silent-racism-132c2f5b7827?source=friends_link&sk=b1cf74b9852b5f4f048dffdc5b95fd19
If you have a few minutes to spare, read and let me know your thoughts have been expanded