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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
No. It is only appropriate to call someone racist if they were, in fact, being racist.
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I agree. I was just suggesting that people aren’t going around calling people racist without evidence. That implies people are just going about their day doing nothing questionable and BOOM! They’re a racist.
What does happen is people get called racist when there is evidence of it, even if it’s insufficient. I’ve even been guilty of it myself, but there does come a moment when you kind of “get it,” and realise how big a picture you need to see to make a claim like that.
It is appropriate to call racists racists, and to point out behaviour that could be construed as racist to others who otherwise aren’t, and allow for explanation. What you can’t do is call someone a racist who exhibits behaviour that could be construed as racist, without an opportunity to explain before any such accusation is made.