Not really. Racism, iirc, is defined as discrimination and/or antagonism against a race/races, so I don’t think demographic grouping counts.
Racism is defining something. Or assuming something. Or judging something. Based on race. It doesn’t even have to be a negative.
It’s just a way to categorize. If it’s done by race? It’s based on an assumption of that race.
You’re not even making sense. Usually surveys are self-identifying and you can choose not to disclose your race if you want.
Not really. Racism, iirc, is defined as discrimination and/or antagonism against a race/races, so I don’t think demographic grouping counts.
Exactly. If one were to survey approval ratings from those aged 18-24, that wouldn’t be ageist.
If the purpose of asking was in order to make up a way to rope that age group into some sort of “plan”? Then I’d say it probably would have a flavor of ageism going for it.
What are you talking about “some sort of plan”? What does that even mean? It’s a statistic. You can interpret however you want, but it’s actually a neutral thing.
Look. A guy calls up and wants to know what people “think”. Bases it on race. Bases it on age. Bases it on whatever category. That guy then runs with the stats and figures out sells them to whatever group wants them.
Groups buy stats in order to peddle influence. They figure out how to sway a group and then they do it.
I was pointing out if we do it on the regular? If we’re grouping people by type in order to do anything specific and point to them as a group? Well then that has a label. You want to call it statistics and paint it innocent. That’s fine.
I was giving a bit of a tongue in cheek pointer that it’s just as racist as claiming that group does anything else as a group. The fact that it’s true instead of exaggerated probably cools it a bit. But it’s still a thing we do.
No one’s saying “they” do something “as a group.” You seem to completely misunderstand the point of demographic grouping, statistics, and surveys in general.