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I'm not sure why you're being downvoted. If the text had said white person, it would have obviously been racist.

Perhaps because sexism in this instance is completely acceptable? I'm not objecting to that, by the way.

My family watches CinemaSins. Instances of racial depictions are often tagged with a verbal, "That's racist!" when, sometimes, it's "race-ial" content or even the mere mention of race. "-ist/-ism" usually connotes negative orientations, or heavily biased presentations.

Can't imagine how to navigate this these days, but maybe there's a layer between.

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