[Indydealmaker]

Discussing race and acknowledging someone is of a different race is not, in and of itself, racist.

Someone is racist who: believes and expresses that the characteristics of a specific race make those of that race inferior. If it is not clear that a remark is intended to defame and/or degrade another due to a racial characteristic, then those remarks are not necessarily racist.

For instance the comment regarding "bilingual skills" is quite astute when you consider that so many Hispanic immigrants (regardless of legal status) speak little or no English. Puerto Ricans as bilingual Hispanics will have a decided edge in business and in employment.