One of the most important things I learned in the seminary was the importance of CLEAR THINKING/REASONING, and part of that is DEFINING ONES TERMS.
If everyone did this as rule #1, the bad guys wouldn't get away with HALF of the crap they get away with.
Because if there's an error the bad guys can't live without, it's "bait and switch" like a diabolical Texas Two-Step:
1. They define Racism in a narrow sense: they'll point to some horrific examples of hatred (harassment, intimidation, injustice, burning crosses, killing black people, etc.) and show that the Catholic Church condemns it.
2. THEN, they redefine "racist" to an extremely BROAD sense, to mean anyone who notices, or notices differences in, races (more accurately called "people groups"), anyone who criticizes illegal immigration, anyone who opposes the destruction of their own race, anyone who proposes prosecuting criminals (shoplifters, etc.)...
Put the two together, and you have "the Catholic Church condemned race realism!"
...NOT!
*buzzzzzzz* wrong! try again.