&quot;Racism&quot; is a system where a racial group with a monopoly on power in society arranges the rules of that society to continue priveleging their own racial group. &quot;Bigotry&quot; is when you dislike someone because of their race. And the comments that everyone on HN are getting all in their feelings about are neither bigoted nor racist; they are basic, uncontroversial observations from people who have been doing anti-racist and anti-sexist work since before most members of HN&#x27;s audience had heard either of those terms.