Political views become racist when they refuse to recognize the basic rights, needs, and dignity of people based on their race and/or geographic origin.
It's quite simple, really.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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