>>I can accept that your understanding of English differs, but as a native speaker of American English, I can also tell you that I'm pretty certain my view is how it works in this country.
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>Well, It would surprise me enormously if any american judge could convict anyone by making statements like "Blond airhead" or "Black rat", just because the argument classifying this as discrimination just misses the rational rules defining it.
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I don't think there's anything criminal here, but "black rat" certainly could be viewed as racist.

Tamar