I have heard this called racist a few times and at risk of sounding like a pedant or an apologist I respectfully object.
Creating abusive policy targeted at people from certain countries seems xenophobic, isolationist, draconian, cruel, stupid.
Racism is a far more evil concept than any of those.
Abusing and rationalizing the abuse of people because you have made a generalization based on their geography, ideology or culture is certainly wrong.
Abusing and rationalizing the abuse of people because you believe they are genetically inferior is on a different level of depravity.
When we use "racism" as a catchall term for all bigotry and bias, we do it at the peril of diluting its power when that particular flavor of shitheaded thinking needs to be classified.
Creating abusive policy targeted at people from certain countries seems xenophobic, isolationist, draconian, cruel, stupid.
Racism is a far more evil concept than any of those.
Abusing and rationalizing the abuse of people because you have made a generalization based on their geography, ideology or culture is certainly wrong.
Abusing and rationalizing the abuse of people because you believe they are genetically inferior is on a different level of depravity.
When we use "racism" as a catchall term for all bigotry and bias, we do it at the peril of diluting its power when that particular flavor of shitheaded thinking needs to be classified.