Racism is an idiotic word that has lost all meaning. It's basically a hot button word that carries a negative connotation, that you can connect anything to in order to make it sound bad.     So for example, the chess club has more whites than blacks. Racism.   Cindy has dated three white boys in a row. Racism  Mark opposes affirmative action. Racism    See how that works? Using the word racism I can slap a negative connotation on anything I don't like. Then it's up to them to prove that their actions AREN'T racist. I am the illogical one, and yet you're the one on the defense.    homophobia, antisemite, transphobic all work the same way. They're using a psuedo-clinical term, they are essentially telling you that you have a mental disease.