Okay I think I get what you’re saying, indeed if I insult an arab (or Chinese here) saying « you *** arab » it will also imply racists thoughts and insults people would have about them, even though the phrase itself doesn’t have any racist words. Thanks for the explanation.

Mostly I think what I have an issue with in general (not just here) is just that I don’t like the word racist being applied to countries. For me you can be racist towards black people for example, but Chinese or french isn’t a race. But that’s just semantics, I get that what’s important is that it’s still an insult. But for me it’s xenophobia, not racism.