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The irony is that the inhabitants of the "San Francisco Castro neighborhood" also form an ethnic group by virtue of living in the same place. Notably, it's a gay neighborhood. Takeaway? Gangs rob stores in gay villages. Oh, and cops are racists. Moral? Let people think for themselves, you can't get away from prejudice.



Homosexuals are not an ethnic group.


> An ethnic group or ethnicity is a category of people who identify with each other based on common language, ancestral, social, cultural, or national experiences.

Seems to fit to me.


I think "people from place" constitutes an ethnicity, but I'll concede that this isn't a common mindset.


I'm pretty sure "people from Castro" does not constitute an ethnicity.


You're talking about a population.


How did you come to the conclusion that cups are racists?


That is what I learned from the censorship of the officer's statement.




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