Originally Posted by
samhaydenjr
That's utterly and demonstrably incorrect - if somebody insults somebody of a different race/religion/ethnic background, making reference their race, etc., they are almost certainly not adding that in merely as a helpful description - they add that in to say explicitly or implicitly that the racial difference is a cause of the attribute that they are insulting in the other person - they are also using this racial description to say that the other person is inherently inferior to them as a result of their race and can't do anything about it.
Plus, racial slurs - the N-Word or the use of "Paddy" to describe an Irishman (who's not called Patrick), for example - are often singular, which means by definition that they are designed to be hurled at individuals, so, yes, individuals can be, and all too often are, victims of racism. And that is one of the nastiest elements of racism - that it can be used by racist scum against perfectly decent individuals trying to live their lives.
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