Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a race car not called a racist?

Answer 1

Hahahahahahahaha.....Yeah let's screw political correctness!!!!!

Answer 2

Because the important part of Piano is....Piano, and the important part of race car is not the race (that's an adjective here), but the CAR. (If it was a black piano, would you call him a blackist? no, still a pianist)

So to properly phrase your question, you should be asking why the race car driver isn't a carist.

Answer 3

as a counter question, then we can do away with sexist then, as that would define a different person with a different activity and throw away all those complaints.

What defines a race car? A car that is in a race? Many people race at a red light, are those cars "race cars"? Suppose its a good question, but alas, the world can't get too complicated.

Answer 4

Not all people who play the piano are truly pianists. And not all people who race cars are necessarily racists.

Answer 5

The noun race in racist has a different meaning compared to race as in race cars

Answer 6

because a racist is a person who dont like other cultures..so you could b a pianist nd a race car driver is a race car driver..idk id that answers your question but i hjad to make a point.

Answer 7

Simply because "race car" comprises of two words "race" and "car" whereas, "piano" is one word therefore "pianist". The word "race" (as in the human race) is one word therefore, "racism" but you can't say "race carism, or car racism" for a driver of a "race car".

Answer 8

Because the race car driver isn't driving a "race", but the piano player is playing a "piano".

Answer 9

Good question, and a nice play on words. Maybe the definition for racist was already taken lol.

Answer 10

Chances are the race car driver is from the south so in fact you could call them racist.

Answer 11

Because racist is a word that describes a person who is prejudice against other races.