generic-user-1 said:
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There is no difference between racism and ethnic discrimination - they are synonymous. The old lady is obviously xenophobic. Displaying hostility/contempt/fear/hatred for someone based on their language/culture/ethnicity is very much ethnic discrimination (aka racism).
"Racism and racial discrimination are often used to describe discrimination on an ethnic or cultural basis, independent of whether these differences are described as racial. According to the United Nations convention, there is no distinction between the terms racial discrimination and ethnic discrimination"
Also, race is nothing more than a social construct to begin with. "Today, most biologists, anthropologists, and sociologists reject a taxonomy of races in favor of more specific and/or empirically verifiable criteria, such as geography, ethnicity, or a history of endogamy."
