Discrimination is when you decide where to eat, who to talk to, what clothes to wear, etc. You make a decision based on whether you like something, whether it is beneficial etc.
Bigotry is when you hate something simply because it has traits you dislike, or if it shares traits with something else you dislike. Hating Clarence Thomas for being black is bigotry because despite sharing the same skin tone as George Floyd, his character is wildly different.
Bigotry is a form of prejudice. Discrimination is not, because it relies on prior information.
It is not bigotry to want to avoid inner city blacks, because there is a good reason to do so, but it is bigotry to avoid the only black kid in school if he hasn't given you a reason to do so.
The average person isn't smart enough to understand or care about this distinction though, so just like the difference between a liberal and a progressive, it's largely moot in the modern context.
Discrimination is when you decide where to eat, who to talk to, what clothes to wear, etc. You make a decision based on whether you like something, whether it is beneficial etc.
Bigotry is when you hate something simply because it has traits you dislike, or if it shares traits with something else you dislike. Hating Clarence Thomas for being black is bigotry because despite sharing the same skin tone as George Floyd, his character is wildly different.
Bigotry is a form of prejudice. Discrimination is not, because it relies on prior information.
It is not bigotry to want to avoid inner city blacks, because there is a good reason to do so, but it is bigotry to avoid the only black kid in school if he hasn't given you a reason to do so.
The average person isn't smart enough to understand or care about this distinction though, so just like the difference between a liberal and a progressive, it's largely moot in the modern context.
This is completely normal and reasonable, if not an outright tautology.
Prejudice is the simple use of heuristics and is not a moral failing.