AllHailTheSheep

your neighbor may not have individual power, but his statements still carry more weight than the opposite. there's a reason (most) white people would never dream of saying the n word, and that there's no equivalent for the other way around, and it's because there's an inherent power dynamic baked into that word and its origins

where did I say that's ok either? it's not, and will never be. but it's still not racism.

where did you gain that I thought racism was ok from that? I'm merely pointing out that it's a false equivalency

racism requires a power structure to be historically against the oppressed. you cannot be racist against white people. you can be prejudiced, and I suppose you could make some argument that the above is prejudiced if you tried really hard, but calling it racism disregards the basis of what racism is

edit: for people down voting, please go read some books, take a class from your local community college, or just talk to your neighbors. this statement isn't meant to be decisive, nor would it be in any race and diversity class.