Some people might say that "exterminated on the basis of race" isn't inaccurate if French is the race, not "everyone without lots of melanin." If someone killed

Some people might say that "exterminated on the basis of race" isn't inaccurate if French is the race, not "everyone without lots of melanin." If someone killed all African blacks but spared some dark-skinned Indians, that would also still be a genocide. While we're being complete, let's remember the part that the genocide extended to poor whites (not slaveholders) as well as women and children. The fact that they gave a pass to those who allied with them shows that the perpetrators were strategic, but does not detract from their bloodthirstiness. As someone who believes in Karma, I am not surprised that a country founded on revenge at the race level has never managed to become a good place in any sense of the word.