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[daurousseau]

Simple

If you are a women, sexism is more offensive

If you are a minority, racism is more offensive

If you are a white male, reverse racism/sexism is the most offensive.

If you are from a poor white and from a rural area, discrimination against rednecks is the most offensive.

If you are overweight, discrimination against fat people is the most offensive.

and so on

As a white male, but living and working in Asia, do I classify as a minority?

I have no way of knowing. But, since your assumptions are not true, there is little to be derived from them.

[ramborambo]

In my opinion sexism and racism are offensive in the same level.

[bewildered]

I'm not offended by either, so I'll have to defer to the opinion of those who are more easily offended.  Sounds like a toss-up to me.

[equalityeluded]

Few people recognize sexism in themselves and many who are blatantly so are genuinely surprised. They attribute their biased attitudes towards (usually) women to other factors-true especially for men who do not view themselves as conservative. After all, they have women in their lives and would never discriminate against them, right? So sexism may be more subtle and may not be apparent to those engaging in it. For instance, while recruiting graduate students, a group of faculty members decided that the chosen pool had too many women. They were concerned that the field's value would decline if there were too many women in it. They went back to the applicant pool to pick (less qualified) males. Could those comments be made about race, religion or sexual orientation? Not without vocal protest by the majority. It can work the other way too. A Department Chair, a women, expressed reluctance to interview a male secretary. A previous hire, who turned out to be problematic for her, was a male. In this case, she was outnumbered but the new hire's job climate was less than easy and he eventually sought a position elsewhere. Had the issue been race or sexual orientation she probably would have filtered more. She has probably not considered that sexism has anything to do with her comments.

[nikolite]

Simple

If you are a women, sexism is more offensive

If you are a minority, racism is more offensive

If you are a white male, reverse racism/sexism is the most offensive.

If you are from a poor white and from a rural area, discrimination against rednecks is the most offensive.

If you are overweight, discrimination against fat people is the most offensive.

and so on

As a white male, but living and working in Asia, do I classify as a minority?

Hmmmm.... What if you're a minority AND a woman? *Gasp*

[post_functional]

How is it surprising that giving people free stuff makes them happy? 

So let's give people free stuff and make them happy.

Racism is much more offensive to society at large than sexism.  Movies that present ridiculous, absurd racial stereotypes are lambasted and boycotted.  Movies that present ridiculous, absurd gender stereotypes are called "action movies" and "chick flicks".

[minnesotan]

How is it surprising that giving people free stuff makes them happy? 

So let's give people free stuff and make them happy.

From whom do we take the free stuff we give out? Do you even care, so long as your people are the ones getting the free stuff? Where did Americans get the idea that throwing money at our problems will contribute to the general good?

[post_functional]

My people?

[polly_mer]

My people?

You have arrived, Post_Functional.  You have people.

I aspire one day to have people, but I still am too lowly to have anything more than the ability to beg the departmental secretary for office supplies.