Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Main Entry: rac?ism
Pronunciation: 'rA-"si-z&m also -"shi-
Function: noun
1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.
The definition given for the word racist is pretty clear cut. I can in no way see how the Governor can be considered racist by wanting to ensure we have safe borders with an orderly flow of legal as opposed to illegal immigration.
What most people won't say is that the people running Mexico, mostly of mixed and Spanish decent, are some of the worst racists to have ever lived. This is evidenced by the way they now, and always have, treated people in that country, hence the flocking to America.
Their are many groups in America calling everyone else racist. By doing so they show that they obviously feel some superiority, moral or otherwise, to those on the receiving end of their incendiary speech. This places them square in the middle of the definition for racist themselves. What a twisted world we live in.
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