Not that rare, I see it quite often, especially among young white people who attempt to seperate themselves from stereotypes of their own race (i.e. young white people trying to relate with other social groups/cultures).
All I see in this statement is exactly what I was talking about above, an attempt to separate yourself from stereotypes of your own race and relate with other social groups. And in your attempt you generalized negative stereotypes, of your own race. Good one. lol.
I can see the logic. Heavy drinking is a negative stereotype people have of Irish, and if you understood what the Irish immigrants went through in the industrial age you would understand. So she took what you said the wrong way, and overreacted.
Are you serious? You can be racist against anyone no matter what the year
rac·ism n.
1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.
The moment you make a distinction of different race or generalize characteristics of a race, in definition, this is racism. No matter what the race. (And it's not particularly always a negative generalization.) But in modern society such generalizations typically imply ignorance.
Refer above. Yes your statement was racist. The generalization doesn't have to be particularly negative. Neither does the term "racism", but it does imply ignorance.
By definition, yes that would be a racist statement, it makes a distinction that a race has certain characteristics. Although I don't see it as a negative generalization, it's a generalization nonetheless.
I was going to pick apart and analyze your entire post but I don't have time right now
So I decided to stop here, maybe later.