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Old 5th November 2019, 09:32 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by TragicMonkey View Post
Really. Mistaking a Canadian for an American is racist. Mistaking a Belgian for a Luxembourgian is racist. Mistaking a San Marinoan for an Italian is racist.

Does it only apply to national boundaries? If a South Carolinian is mistaken for a North Carolinian is it racist?
As Prestige says, it's to do with ignorant assumptions, rather than 'making a mistake'.
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