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Originally Posted by thehef
You've added a considerable amount of context/additional detail to those examples that might indicate racist motives. (Although even with the add'l info, the "eat dog" example is not cut-and-dry racism. There may be other factors in play.)
No, not at all as it relates to the letter-writer. The additional context is - to my knowledge - not present. Therefore, it's just inference.
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You're totally missing the point
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Originally Posted by thehef
Of course, if a person is telling only Mexicans that eating tacos is disgusting, then that's a different story. (You may infer that the letter-writer is targeting blacks for his criticism of tats, dreads, and endzone dances, but we don't know that; he may also be speaking/writing to anyone on the Nittany Lions who fits those descriptions.)
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He doesn't have to just target blacks or Mexicans for it to be racist.
Telling a white person to not eat tacos or have dreads [because those are disgusting things for *other* people] is racist
I have no idea if that's his reasoning. But that he might target anyone on the team *in no way* means the statements can't be based on racist beliefs.