While I like and agree with much that you have written, I will make one point from my own perspective. Sometimes racism isn’t believing that one race in superior to another, sometimes it recognising that one group of people is inferior to the average person, to the average family, to the norm in the society we are living in. Many times such people are loud, rude, violent, dishonest. This is ok if for instance we are referring to a gang, say one consisting of drug dealing, criminal bikers. (I am a biker myself, but not a patched member of an outlaw gang.) If this group of inferior people happens to be composed of people from another race, although the same reasons for disliking them, not trusting them, for avoiding them, are still valid, we are immediately classed as racist.

I have been called racist for disliking RAP/HipHop. I have been called racist for regarding the fat asses on Kardashians as unattractive. I have been called racist for not allowing my daughters to travel unaccompanied on late night trains where there has been a long, well publicised history of violence from groups of predominately dark skinned groups who attack, harass and rob people. I have no “colour” prejudice, but I have slowly developed a prejudice about certain racial groups who exist in my world. Not because of their colour, but because of their attitudes and actions. I am just as prejudiced against Caucasians who exhibit the same attitudes or behaviours, but that is never referred to as racism, just as common sense.