Well, the term has become so corrupted over the past 25 years, much of it from polltical correctness crap.
I am active on a Slovak forum that has many Brits, one of which is a pure troll who post under many names, and always to prevaricate.
One time when I was complaining about the British stag party
kids, he called me a racist. It is a bit strange, considering that I am Scotch and Irish... go figure.
With PC, if you say anything derogatory about ANYONE, you are called a racist.
I am from the old school that recognizes Caucasian, Negroid, and Mongoloid. Of course there are numerous subdivisions.
One can recognize "racial" subdivisions just for scientific interest, but what in the end is the point? In America (and I assume many Western democracies) we are supposed to be judging people by the content of their character and not their "race" in the words of Martin Luther King.
I realize the left has a huge interest in maintaining "racial" divisions, but conservatives should be leading the fight to get away from such classifications. The recent incident in England is such an example of twisted reasoning and ridiculous racial terminology to haul some poor ten year old before the court to achieve "racial justice". The whole thing is absurd on the face of it. So as regards the efforts of liberals to foster "racial" classifications I say BAH!