Everyone is a racist. If you notice a difference between one group of people and another, either of dress style, skin colour, belief, habits, etc - you are racist.
Face it, it's natural. It's the old survival instinct to aid the preservation of your particular group and geneset kicking in.
Even you saying that you yourself belong to a certain ethnic group is a racist statement.
The big difference is if you discriminate based on racial differences. Statements like "those italians are all crooks" or something like that.
One of the biggest tragedies would be if my white, asian, african and oriental friends all suddenly started acting alike. I like the differences between the races.
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