Racism vs. Prejudice

Racism            hatred or intolerance of another race or other races. Prejudice            an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason. 

After reading these definitions, I think the man in the story Say Yes by Tobias Wolff is just has prejudice against African Americans and just doesn’t understand them. I don’t think he is a racist. i think the story is written so that we can see how many people have such little understanding of the people that aren’t like them.