re: Texas Aggy fans hurling racist abuse towards student athletes

I think folks don't quite understand what the word racist means. It requires intent to belittle someone for no other reason than skin color. Do I think the old man said something that could be construed as racially insensitive, absolutely, but I am almost certain his intent was not to denigrate someone based on skin color. This goes far beyond what is happening at A&M, this entire country needs to relearn what the actual term racism or racist means because right now we've bastardized the word and in all honesty it has lost a lot of its power. A statue is not racist unless the intent of it's construction was to demean others because of skin color. Offense does not equal racism without intent