The fuss being made over that "Jew/Nonjew" app which identifies whether a celebrity/political figure/etc. is or is not Jewish...and the labeling of it as racist...is totally misguided. Whether or not a person is Jewish or an American or 30 years old or older, etc. are facts...and facts are not racist. Quite the contrary: racism is the assigning of traits to an individual simply because he/she is a member of a group to which those traits have been assigned...whether they are or are not factually true as to the particular individual.
In other words, racism is at its core a denial of individuality. That is why it is wrong. We may be a member of a particular race, religion, ethnicity, whatever...but from the day we are born to the day we die we are, first and foremost, individuals.
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