People can say things out loud that they don’t personally find racist, without “being racist”. It’s totally fine to address that a statement one made is racist without thinking the speaker is a full on klan leader. What an adult would do in that situation, is listen and evaluate. Sometimes it’s hard to get a point across to others, have you ever tried to give instructions to someone? It’s a nightmare. Maybe your wording is off, or it was misinterpreted, or it needed more colourful graphs, whatever.
Being told you said something racist does not come with the implication that it’s all over for you, racist is tattooed on your forehead and the whole world sees it. It doesn’t. It’s how you portray yourself in responding and parallel discussions. And that goes both ways.
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