Quote: barham red "I'm a bit torn about this, is calling someone a name prefixed by the country of their birth a racist slur. Is polynesian a race. Theoretically you could be a white, black or any other race but still polynesian. Similar to if you call someone an English, French person a slur prefixed with the nation of birth.
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There are many white Africans but if you called a black man a "stupid African ****" then that's hugely racist. I see this as the same.
Polynesia is an area that has a distinct culture, history, and shared physical characteristics. That makes it a race.
I think you raise some fair questions but I'd say it was most definitely racist and the proverbial book should have been hurled at him.