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To think this is racist?

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CrohnicallyAspie · 12/10/2015 14:58

At work today, a new member of staff asked who X was. Someone else said 'she works with Y, in that office, black curly hair...'

New member of staff still didn't know so I pointed out 'she's black' (she's the only black member of staff!)

Is it racist to be skirting round describing her as black, as the other staff did?

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Justmyluck1 · 15/10/2015 00:22

It's only racist if you think being described as black is somehow bad or inferior.

Why would it be?

BigOCupOfTea · 15/10/2015 00:28

How would that every cause offence?

I would never in a million years be offended if someone giving a description about me said "she's white"

Because I am fucking white.

If I got called that honky over there then yeah I'd be offended.

There's too much real racism in the world to get hung over something as simple as stating a fact.

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