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by jhgb 1833 days ago
Why couldn't racism be either primary or secondary motivator for something?
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It absolutely can be. It just is not in this case. They were not merely "acting like racists". I hope this distinction helps.
The present simple "is not" seemed to be a general statement to me (but that just may be my L2 English).