Sometimes it's not about racism but being practical - here, slowing down the progress of a dangerous ideology.
Take a parallel with communism and the Rosenberg execution. Many declared that as just plain barbary, antisemitism, etc. "Between the trial and the executions there were widespread protests and claims of antisemitism; the charges of antisemitism were widely believed abroad" (wikipedia)
But they were spies, and they gave secrets to help an enemy build atomic weapons.
Sometimes big problems require hash actions. It might look like a bad move morally, but tactically it might be justifiable.
Example in hand - Quebec in Canada is selecting its own french speaking immigrants. After noticing on studies that immigrants from a specific part of the world were much more likely to be jobless or receiving public help, they discussed reducing the ratio of immigrants from this part of the world. The part of the world was north-Africa.
Is this racist? (while they keep welcoming immigrants from the rest of the world and north-Africa - but just adding a ratio)
Take a parallel with communism and the Rosenberg execution. Many declared that as just plain barbary, antisemitism, etc. "Between the trial and the executions there were widespread protests and claims of antisemitism; the charges of antisemitism were widely believed abroad" (wikipedia)
But they were spies, and they gave secrets to help an enemy build atomic weapons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg
Was this racism?
Sometimes big problems require hash actions. It might look like a bad move morally, but tactically it might be justifiable.
Example in hand - Quebec in Canada is selecting its own french speaking immigrants. After noticing on studies that immigrants from a specific part of the world were much more likely to be jobless or receiving public help, they discussed reducing the ratio of immigrants from this part of the world. The part of the world was north-Africa.
Is this racist? (while they keep welcoming immigrants from the rest of the world and north-Africa - but just adding a ratio)