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Ok....to commit a hate crime, one has to be doing it on the basis of a particular hate. Racism is a form of hate, so I suppose the man that shot the people (who were white, and undoubtedly his problem w/ them was their skin color) was a racist. A racist by definition is someone who believes that his race is superior to one or more others, and that belief is called...you guessed it! RACISM. While everyone has their own beliefs about other races, most of us are kind and reasonable enough to not share them. Flinging hateful comments at someone is not racism. But if you add their race (i.e. "f***ing white b****) that is racist. Why was race important? A black white asian arab or pygmy can all cut off other drivers the same. I personally think the young woman (I won't say lady because she didn't behave as such) who threw food and then the insult was racist. Race doesn't have to be an issue. It just becomes one when people make it one.
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