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[redqueen]

races are a construct, I get that.

However, we disagree about what racism is. IMO it is holding on to beliefs about a group of people with like-colored skin, or prejudicies against such a group, based on generalizations or 'truisms' about that group.

So... to me... racism could be a Black cashier treating me (as a Hispanic) with less respect than they do a Black customer. It could be a white person treating me with less respect than they would a white person. A Black person saying "Mexicans are lazy" is IMO saying something racist. A Hispanic person saying "Arabs are out to get us" is saying something racist.

Gee I feel like I'm being way more verbose than I need to... been a long day... hope that made some kind of sense!