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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
SEMANTICS ALERT!
I think we need to push other terms besides 'racist' into the spotlight.
Countries do not posess race. There are only 3 anthropological races, as such, Italian (or Irish or whatever) is not a race.
If you hate Italians, you are not racist, you are a bigot. Or intolerant. Or ethno-centric.
Okay I'm done. I just hate seeing 'racist' bandied about like that.
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While I know that is the correct anthropological definition, I think the social definition would include any group with a unique culture.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/race
And several definitions here would agree.
And after the initial use I did switch to the words tolerant/intolerant.