Ugh. This isn’t racism. It’s hypocritical given her post, but it’s not racist. Racism is the belief that one’s own race is superior to another. Distrusting someone or a whole class of people isn’t racist. It’s maybe generalist or elitest, but it’s not racist.
We need to take back the language folks. Words have meaning. This person is a sad hypocrite, to be certain, and she might very well be racist, but not based on that comment.
I agree. Also, “Mexican” is not a race. It’s a nationality. Like the United States, Mexico includes a variety of races, cultures, and linguistic groups.
“Racism is the belief that one’s own race is superior to another.”
I’m too lazy to look up anything up in the dictionary, but I’m not at all sure that is the only and entire definition of “racism”.
I also understand that “Mexican” is a Nationality, not a Race, so the word is a bit off for that reason. But this woman makes a statement disparaging all Mexicans, what would you call it? Just bigotry?
But of course, she tips the hand for the whole game. We must judge people as individuals.