How would you describe racism?

Of course, criticizing a certain race or nation just because of some of them act antisocial it is considered being racism. But many other things which are not racism is considered to be racism. Like choosing to have relationship only with your nationality( and I mean ethnicity by this) and having close friend from your own nationality. I think it is natural to look after people who have the same language, culture and tradition to be close to you. You can understand them better and they can understand you better than other nationalities, races. This is what I think. Many would call that this a racist thinking, but I think it is very natural to think like this. I have many friends from other races and nationalities, I can have a good time with them, but the closest friends are all from my own nationality. And I intend to have serious relationship only with women from my nationality. And this is not racism at all. It is positive nationalism and caring for the continuity of my own nationality.

I agree that racism has become more a politically charged word and many things which are not really racist are considered to be from political and other reasons. It is natural to look for company from the same nationality( and I mean ethnicity by this) and race because we understand each other better. We speak the same language, we have the same traditions and so on. I have also many buddies from other nationality in my country(like Romanians and Roma people) but the close friends are all Hungarians.