What is a racist?

I have been told many times that minorities can't be racist because they don't have the "power" to discriminate. That has always struck me as a rather illogical argument so I looked it up:

"racist
adj 1: based on racial intolerance; "racist remarks" 2: discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion [syn: antiblack, anti-Semitic, anti-Semite(a)] n : a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others [syn: racialist]"

"rac·ism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (rszm)n.
The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
Discrimination or prejudice based on race. "

So based on those definations, would you say that this is "racial intolerance" or "a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others"?

"David Yassky has a solid résumé, lots of campaign cash and plenty of ideas for improving the slice of Brooklyn he wants to represent in Congress. In another Democratic stronghold, he might be the runaway favorite...David Yassky has a solid résumé, lots of campaign cash and plenty of ideas for improving the slice of Brooklyn he wants to represent in Congress. In another Democratic stronghold, he might be the runaway favorite."

Now it seems to me that if a black candidate was facing this kind of a campaign pressure, the charges of racism (including from this quarter) would be deafening! It sure seems interesting to me that there isn't more of an outcry over such a textbook defination of racism.