Why Call Jesus Racist?

"I don't believe in Jesus, and besides, I don't like him either. He's a racist."

I don't believe in the dude. . .he might exist, I don't know. . .but for some reason people seem really convinced that The Parable of The Good Samaritan betrays Jesus as racist.


Context:

On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to say to Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?". "What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?" asked Jesus. The man answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind' and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live." But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "and who is my neighbor teacher?
In reply Jesus said:

"A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead with no clothes. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, and he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, he too passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and looked after him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.' "Which of these three do you think was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise." New International Version

Well, it's pretty much about another race, a Samaritan, doing something nice, which is unexpected. And somehow telling this story makes you racist.
I had this pleasant discussion argument on IRC twice now. The opposing side says that Jesus is implying that Samaritans are inherently bad, a racist sentiment. They paraphrase him as saying "Even those filthy worthless Samaritans can do awesome deeds!". If Jesus did put it this way, then I would certainly agree that it is unequivocally a racist sentiment. But Ole Jeezy here didn't say "even", and in my opinion imply it at all. In fact, the story is interpreted by many Christians to be anti-racist.

Imagine if an anti-semite claims all Jews are selfish pigs, and I say, calmy "well, my friend is a Jew, and he gives 10% of his earnings to charity". Was that a racist sentiment? Of course not; I was giving a counter-example to his stereotype! And while it be more effective to give data showing that most Jews aren't greedy, saying that one isn't greedy shouldn't count against me as a racist statement!
"Well," they hypothetically argue "things were different back then. The Jews were racist! They all viewed the Samaritans as immoral people!"
Which is the crux of their argument. But what we are attempting to do is find out if Jesus is racist, not the writer of the book! But. . .Jesus didn't exist. Or, if he did exist, we have no reliable way of knowing if this story happened, seeing how much of his life was fabricated. So what are we doing here?
One of the following could be the case:

1. Fictitious event, the son of God did not say this, and the writer of the parable was being racist


2. Fictitious event, and the writer was not being racist


3. Jesus the son of God did say this, and was being racist


4. Jesus said it, but he was not being racist

Now, we can't get into the head of the writer (whether it be the non-omniscient Jesus or Matthew or some other dude), so that could be either 1 or 2. We have no way of really knowing, so what's the point? I can accept that he was being racist, like all in that time, or, since he was helping create a new morality, he was quite an enlightened individual.

Or, Jesus, the Son of God was real, and did speak this parable. Either He could have meant it racially or not. But think about it. If we are right about race, and there are no inherent differences based off genes, then certainly Jesus wouldn't be racist! He has the knowledge of God! So 4 wouldn't be the case, leaving 3, from a Christian standpoint.
No, you know I'm an atheist, so why would I care about 3 or 4 anyway? Well, what's the point of not liking Jesus because he's racist then? Are you trying to convert the Christians? They are working off the hypothesis that God is good, your contradicting that using a verse that can easily be interpreted both ways isn't going to change their mind! It's pointless! Say the writer was racist, sure. But it is pointless to call Jesus racist.

Also, the Kinks are a p good band.