Racism and ignorance don't cancel each other out, you can be both

So many times I read that someone's racist comments are made out of ignorance and not racism. Guess what? Ignorance doesn't cancel out racism. Anybody who uses the N word is being racist, whether they are also ignorant is a different discussion.

I don't care if they didn't "mean" to be racist or "intend" to be racist: they are racist. Period. And I am guilty of doing racist things in my past, I used to pull the corners of my eyes so they looked Chinese and I would speak without using "r". I was young, I was ignorant, and I was being racist. Period.

I have since learned better and I would never think that is okay now. Apparently Paula Deen has not learned and she's getting EXACTLY what she deserves.

That is all.