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Old 11-12-2019, 01:53 PM   #856
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By the way - making an assumption about someone based on your observation of them isn’t racism. It’s prejudicial, sure. But it isn’t racism.
It is if the conclusions are formed on the basis of observations that stem from any racial, ethnic, or regional stereotype.

"I assume that black people I see not wearing poppies are immigrants who dishonour our military" would be "an assumption about someone based on an observation," and it would most definitely be racist.
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