One of my best mates since grammar school is definitely not racist.
Far from it, he goes out of his way to forge links with overseas musicians and artists;
and works actively to look after the needs of refugees
and make all feel welcome.
He is an internationalist socialist.

But from his careless casual language amongst old pals
he could be overheard and misconstrued as a bit of a old fashioned racist
[and homophobe - I'm fairly sure he's not really that either..].

Stupid language lapsed into for transgressive old schoolboy humour effect after too many pints.....???

Like me he is a child of the early 60s with deep ingrained cultural influences
from dodgy 60s and 70s TV comedy and sitcoms.
But he has stayed most of his life in a small backwater W. Country town.

Technically, some of his words are, by higher educated modern standards, 'racist'
and he is daft not to have stopped using them outside his own house and closest circle of old mates...

Though, where he lives, works, and drinks,
he is surrounded day to day by real bonehead ignorant Daily Mail readership racism......