Quote Originally Posted by duff_o_josh
well the categorization of people by their nationality and languge is racist however social class interest and religion is predjudice.
Is it ? If I start counting the number of JREF member and categorise them according to their nationality or language, am I a racist ? If a government decides that people from country x need a visa, but those of country y don't for 90 days, is that racist ? It is categorisation by nationality at its most extreme (there is nothing an individual can do about it).

I really don't understand how you three (duff_o_josh, Mikecash, Silverpoint) think. Even thinking seem like a racist act to you. Yet, ae you defening the Japanese saying that over-categorising all foreigners under the term "gaijin" is not racist, or less racist ? Doesn't make sense ! You logic is based on the principle that "all humans are equal in every respect" and that individuality or difference should not be acknowledge as it hurts the harmony and uniformity of the "whole". Is that some kind of fundamentalist Christian belief that all humans were made to God's image, and are thus equal and perfect ? What nonsense is that ? Nobody is equal, not even true twins !