Colleague who I find rather right wing (I don't mean in a Tory voting way, just more the opposite of my woolly egalitarianism) was saying she needed to find a dentist. I said, mine's great but not near where you live, is there one local to you?
Well there is, she said, "and I don't mean to be racist [never a good sign] but if I go to the dentist, I want to be able to pronounce their name."
Is that racist? or am I just thinking it is because it's tied up in my dislike for her right-wing ignorance (as I see it, eg in regard to Brexit, the Queen, paying tax)? and if it is indeed racist, should I have said something, if so, what? (what I did say was "err, it's great if you can find a good dentist" which was not any kind of answer).