[leereeves]

North Koreans and South Koreans are the same race, divided only by fairly recent politics. This is nationalist, if anything, not racist. Try replacing "North Korean" with "Soviets".

[wesselbindt]

Now you're just arguing semantics. "I hate Ethiopians" is just as problematic as "I hate black people".

"Don't trust him, he's from Israel"

[cap11235]

To the best of my knowledge, Ethiopia isn't running international crime rings to fund nuclear ambitions.

[wesselbindt]

Ok, so then take Israel, whatever. Despite the ethnic cleansing that Israel is carrying out, it is not valid to look at a person with suspicion just because they're from Israel.

"But it's true!" is in my opinion a poor response to accusations of prejudice. "Black people are criminals" "That's racist" "But it's true, look at the statistics!" It doesn't make the original statement any less racist.