3 ms·Having racist thoughts is not committing an action, whereas raping is.by HKH2 5y agoHaving racist thoughts is not committing an action, whereas raping is.ghoward 5y agoYes, correct, but that implies that anyone who has racist thoughts but doesn't do anything with them is not a racist.HKH2 5y agoI agree with that, otherwise we're all racists and the word is practically useless.