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Originally Posted by Goofle
1. My argument was that he isn't being racist (as you hinted at in your initial question), he's being openly opposed to radical Islam and Islam by association. He's also openly against illegal immigration from Mexico. People who claim he seems to be focused on "preventing people of colour" from entering the USA need to provide evidence for that claim. And the fact that most Mexicans and Arabs are slightly more brown than your average white person isn't evidence.
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I think that the idea is that Trump's over-inflated concern with these regions that are essentially non-issues for the US is fueled by a racist/xenophobic/unjustifiably prejudiced perspective of the people and their countries. Why does he have that ass-backwards perspective? Because he only appears to understand white America, and that's what he's sought to preserve with his whole campaign. So it might not be that crazy to assume that he's unfairly targeting minorities.
The argument has the same amount of objective, scientific weight to it as firmly saying that he's not racist, fwiw.