LogFAQs > #941666134

MachineJaipur posted...

However if you acknowledge that someone is black, some people will call you racist for "caring that I'm/they're black"

Whether that's true or false depends entirely on the circumstances and context. Acknowledging someone's race in the abstract isn't racist. But bringing it up when it's not relevant may be. For example, making a big deal about having a black friend may be racist, but acknowledging that your black friend has strong opinions on what confederate monuments mean and deferring to those opinions isn't.

One is using the black friend as a tool to prove non-racism, the other is acknowledging something fundamentally related to blackness in America.

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