Snowflake is used as a pejorative term because it references the ease with which some people "melt" when perceiving an offence ... the inherent uniqueness of snowflakes wasn't really the point.The term "Snowflake" is stupid in it's own right.
to use it as a pejorative term to describe a group of people is moronic as snowflakes in themselves are all individually different.
however, I do agree there's a difference between racism through ignorance and Racism through malice.
Racism through ignorance is usually examples of good people who mean well say the wrong thing without realizing the damage it causes and wouldn't want to offend or upset anyone.
Racism through malice are examples of dangerous people who genuinely feel people of other races/creeds are not equal to them - these are the people that really need to be targeted.
Obviously all racism is bad but the intention behind the slip/statement is also extremely important and relevant
Racism is always a matter of intent, as is the use of any language, you can make almost any word sound offensive if spoken with that intent - "You Woolwich Tart" - when screamed loudly in someone's face the word Woolwich and the word Tart become offensive even though in normal language one is a district in London, the other a pastry casing.
It's similar with racial expressions, of course some words are almost taboo as they have no other meaning than racial - nigger, paki, chinky - however many other words black, slope, cracker only become racially offensive when used in a deliberate racial context
Much as all Utd players should be banned for just being Utd players - was the use of the word negrito by Cavani in any way meant to be racist? only he can know that, isn't the standard innocent until proven guilty?