Let me clear this up for you all.

There is no "race" so there can be no racism. There is only racism in law which is designed to protect minorities and avoid conflict, but it has no scientific basis whatsoever.
Racist is a term that people use describe all kinds of prejudice ranging from religious to tribal,national,cultural and sometimes superficial physical differences but often it is just a political word that allows people to shut down an argument or try and gain advantage in a situation.
The reasons why people dislike or are suspicious of each other is often very complex and the simple term "racist", as well as being inaccurate, just doesn't cover it at all.

Thanks.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (05 Oct 2016 1.17pm)

Let me clear this up for you all.

There is no "race" so there can be no racism. There is only racism in law which is designed to protect minorities and avoid conflict, but it has no scientific basis whatsoever.
Racist is a term that people use describe all kinds of prejudice ranging from religious to tribal,national,cultural and sometimes superficial physical differences but often it is just a political word that allows people to shut down an argument or try and gain advantage in a situation.
The reasons why people dislike or are suspicious of each other is often very complex and the simple term "racist", as well as being inaccurate, just doesn't cover it at all.

Thanks.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (05 Oct 2016 1.17pm)

Sometimes, for the good of humanity we have to accept the perceived existence of things which aren't perhaps real. That people can be racist. Apartheid another case in point.

Let me clear this up for you all.

There is no "race" so there can be no racism. There is only racism in law which is designed to protect minorities and avoid conflict, but it has no scientific basis whatsoever.
Racist is a term that people use describe all kinds of prejudice ranging from religious to tribal,national,cultural and sometimes superficial physical differences but often it is just a political word that allows people to shut down an argument or try and gain advantage in a situation.
The reasons why people dislike or are suspicious of each other is often very complex and the simple term "racist", as well as being inaccurate, just doesn't cover it at all.

Thanks.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (05 Oct 2016 1.17pm)

Not quite, race isn't a real thing, scientifically speaking, but that doesn't mean that the ideas of race aren't real, its just highlights the absurdity of racism as a whole.

Its still racist to discriminate against someone based on the colour of their skin, even if there is no scientific basis for race anymore. It just shows racists to be more ignorant that previously believed.