It makes me sad that this needs to be said- but yes. It’s in the name- racism is about race, not politics- so disliking Elder or Obama doesn’t make a person racist and you could like either of them as a candidate and still be a racist. It’s kind of like saying a person can’t be racist because they have friends of XYZ type or similar such claims- when we stop and think about that, saying you have “X” friends or an “X” spouse or are “1/16th X” is like saying you can’t be an alcoholic because sometimes you drink water or you have a Brita filter at home or you are “much more than 1/16 water by volume…”
Of course we all have biases and prejudices and those alone don’t make a person racist or a bigot- actions favtor- but yeah…. If you’re wearing a gorilla mask and throwing eggs at a Black man you’re 99% chance a racist, and even if you aren’t that behavior is racist unless you’re from Mars or something and have legitimately no idea the context of those things- which is very doubtful.
Of course we all have biases and prejudices and those alone don’t make a person racist or a bigot- actions favtor- but yeah…. If you’re wearing a gorilla mask and throwing eggs at a Black man you’re 99% chance a racist, and even if you aren’t that behavior is racist unless you’re from Mars or something and have legitimately no idea the context of those things- which is very doubtful.