Question(s) About Racism

Joe says something. Bob calls Joe a racist.

1. If what Joe said was racist, is Joe a racist?
2. If what Joe said was racist, is Bob a racist?
3. If what Joe said was not racist, is Bob a racist?
4. If Joe IS a racist, but what he said was not, is Bob a racist?
5. Am I a racist for even asking if Joe's comment was racist?
6. If you answer any of these hypothetical questions, are you a racist?
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7. Why are you such a racist?

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A few quick observations on racism (forgive me for not elaborating or even defending these observations):

A. There seems to be a "racist" continuum. What we say or do falls somewhere along the continuum.

B. When someone has a history of saying or doing things that fall on the wrong side of the continuum, it's not unreasonable to assume that other statements or actions, harmless as they may seem (when said/done by someone without such a history), might be rooted in racism.

C. If racial equality is a goal and racism (or racial discrimination) is the antithesis, then it should be clear why advancing the agenda/cause of the oppressors might be racist while advancing the agenda/cause of the oppressed (NAACP, for example) might not be.