I'm tired of people using the word "Racism" for the wrong situation and invalidating what racism actually is

People titling something racist when it is something completely different is getting rid of the meaning. People might not care but it's 100% a big deal, using the wrong word makes it seem like it's not an important problem. Grown adults should know the difference between Racism and Xenophobia. Yes you can experience both but somebody hating you for being German or French or Japanese or whatever isn't racist it's xenophobic, it has nothing to do with race, it's only racist if it includes your race. I'm tired of people claiming they've experienced racism when nothing has happened to them because of their race. I'm also tired of people who are able to acknowledge that what somebody experiences isn't racism, but they refuse to see it as a problem at all because all they're educated on is racism and sexism. We need to acknowledge all types of prejudice, rather than group them together and completely destroy the meaning

Posted Nov 1, 2025, 11:56 PM UTC

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