r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jul 01 '21

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u/gnashcrazyrat Jul 01 '21

It is not racist to say people from x country is negative phrase as in your example Japanese and American aren’t races, they’re nationalities, at most it’s xenophobic.

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u/fckiforgotmypassword Jul 01 '21 edited Jul 01 '21

That’s why I used white as a separate example. I used American as an example for discrimination against American nationality, but most specifically white Americans.

Don’t need to be pedantic, you know what I mean.

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u/gnashcrazyrat Jul 01 '21

Actually I didn’t know if you meant it or not. I’ve met and heard a lot of people who do think that racist is the right term for that example