'Racist' is not a descriptor of a person the way 'tall' or 'black' is a personal descriptor. 'Racist' is a descriptor of an action that a person takes. For example, by advocating for policies that have measurably worse outcomes for people of colour, you are doing racism. Your personal feelings towards people of colour are almost totally irrelevant, other than that they may cause you to perform racist actions more or less frequently.
You are not a racist. You are doing racism. Trump's actions uphold white supremacy and maintain systems of oppression. He does racism.
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