I always feel weird for using the word racism in a fictional context. I mean racism is a problem that's very real and present and ugly. I feel like using it for fiction, especially when it's about non-humans, is minimizing it, though when 1 character has a problem with another or a group and is always demeaning and badmouthing their species, that's pretty much what it is. Anyone else feel this way? Is there maybe a better term for it?