It was good you asked. It was threatning you immediately added the legal punishments.
YES if (s)he was discrimating against minorities it would have been indeed racism or some other form of xenophobia.
The point is:
1) YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YET
(s)he was discriminating minorities. And given you already made a sentence the person it's likely to not tell you now.
For example at my current company we almost hire exclusively non-white people. We in fact discriminate positively in hiring non-white because generally they provide more value for money because OTHERS discriminate them and lower their range of offers. We are taking advantage of other people's racism and in doing so we are also fixing the salary gap caused by racism.
We will still hire minorities/non-white when the salary gap will be gone but we'll stop discriminating them positively.
2) PEOPLE WON'T SPEAK OF THEIR MISTAKES ANYMORE IF YOU JUDGE THEM
In the case where the person was indeed racist in the past the person said it was a mistake (s)he wish that (s)he would have not made and (s)he informing others of the mistake so they won't do the same.
You're actively punishing sentencing someone that came clean on it's own.
If you do this less people will come out saying they were wrong.
Example:
When I was a teenager I found out I was mistaken in throwing contact lenses in the WC when they expir because they end up in the ocean and add plastic. TOILET !== GARBAGE
I posted the article that had informed on not doing that on Facebook and said I had done it wrong to inform also others that might not know yet.
One guy came after me with "You are dumb, you should not throw anything in the toilet".
Yes definitely I had made mistakes, I had just told so. The guy had not helped me become better. I had become better already thanks to the article. The guy was just there to insult me for my previous shortcomings. Maybe someone else would have took that negatively and stopped reporting the mistakes (s)he made in fear of being told (s)he was stupid. Luckily I've enough self-worth to not be afraid to show my mistakes if I know it will help others.
> We in fact discriminate positively in hiring non-white because generally they provide more value for money because OTHERS discriminate them and lower their range of offers.
Are you saying that you're paying non white people less because of their race? That should be illegal in a lot of countries.
1) YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YET (s)he was discriminating minorities. And given you already made a sentence the person it's likely to not tell you now. For example at my current company we almost hire exclusively non-white people. We in fact discriminate positively in hiring non-white because generally they provide more value for money because OTHERS discriminate them and lower their range of offers. We are taking advantage of other people's racism and in doing so we are also fixing the salary gap caused by racism. We will still hire minorities/non-white when the salary gap will be gone but we'll stop discriminating them positively.
2) PEOPLE WON'T SPEAK OF THEIR MISTAKES ANYMORE IF YOU JUDGE THEM
In the case where the person was indeed racist in the past the person said it was a mistake (s)he wish that (s)he would have not made and (s)he informing others of the mistake so they won't do the same. You're actively punishing sentencing someone that came clean on it's own. If you do this less people will come out saying they were wrong. Example: When I was a teenager I found out I was mistaken in throwing contact lenses in the WC when they expir because they end up in the ocean and add plastic. TOILET !== GARBAGE I posted the article that had informed on not doing that on Facebook and said I had done it wrong to inform also others that might not know yet. One guy came after me with "You are dumb, you should not throw anything in the toilet". Yes definitely I had made mistakes, I had just told so. The guy had not helped me become better. I had become better already thanks to the article. The guy was just there to insult me for my previous shortcomings. Maybe someone else would have took that negatively and stopped reporting the mistakes (s)he made in fear of being told (s)he was stupid. Luckily I've enough self-worth to not be afraid to show my mistakes if I know it will help others.