Bigot

A bigot is an individual that holds degrading, or otherwise hateful beliefs for an entire community of people based on innate characteristics, e.g., race, sexual orientation, gender, etc. Many people often confuse this term for being intolerant of others opinions which is somewhat misleading because it is possible to be intolerant of opinions and still hold no beliefs of superiority over others who are different than you. The line is crossed from varying opinions into bigotry when a person sincerely believes that people who are born with a different skin color, sexual orientation, gender, identity or ability is subpar and merits subpar status under the law and in general society.