[luckyjimm]

What I mean is, if the insult is said just because of someone's race, and it's stereotyping all members of that race as criminals, then sure it's racist. But if it's based on that person's appearance and behaviour, then it's not racist. However I see now that perhaps my analogy is unfair since in the case I mentioned the guy's line of work is known, whereas Marsha didn't know anything about the guy he insulted and was purposefully being rude.