In an excerpt from Amara Lakhous’ novel Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio, the speaker is asked by the character Iqbal what this difference between a tolerant person and a racist. Though both provide a definition for a racist that rely on their actions, both provide conflicting reasons as to what feeling cause the racism. The speaker’s definition of a tolerant person is that they treat others with respect. This definition does not bring into account the views of the person just their actions. This being said, the difference between a racist and a tolerant does not rely on the person’s internal feelings of another person, it matters how the person chooses to express those feelings. In a similar vein Iqbal says “Racist