My Co-Worker says she's not Racist...

[Squarehard]

The comment wasn't inherently racist, but her feeling the need to make that subsequent comment probably did make it a bit more so, and exposes some of her intentions behind her comments.

People who are racists generally feel the need to say they're not racist, especially when it's an unprompted clarification.

 

[____]

The fact she felt she needed to say "I'm not racist" completely unprompted says she's racist.

 

[Quantum Leap]

"I'm not racist. He's just not attractive."

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[Mona]

if she said that she has never found a non-caucasian person attractive, then i'd probably be closer to saying that she's got something going on, but the info in the OP doesn't say all that much to me

 

[thediamondage]

 

[Untzillatx]

People who need to say 'I'm not racist' to explain the way they behave, usually are in fact racist.

 

[Powdered Egg]

The fact that she automatically got defensive with "I'm not racist" is a tell.

 

[mutantmagnet]

I thought using the word Caucasian is not allowed because it's racist

https://www.good.is/articles/the-last-country-to-still-use-the-term-caucasian

So I find it hilarious that OP os complaining about racism while being racist himself.

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Oh my. To be fair I seriously doubt anyone born after the 70s is cognizant of these origins.

 

[Ayato_Kanzaki]

Yes it does.

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My definition of someone being a racist or not is based on his/her actions and speech, not their preferences. It is much easier to draw a clear line between "is" and "is not".

As an example, I'm a bit of an hair fetishist (meaning it's the primary criteria for me to decide if I find someone beautifull or not), and I dislike frizzled hair. But I never discriminited against anyone, tought of them as inferior or any of that shit, and get normally angry when someone does.

 

[Snack12367]

So, the same as OP made a bunch of flying assumptions about his co-worker and decided to share that on the internet.

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No lie detected

 

[Znazzy]

What a bizarre thread. So, based on idle chitchat on what celebrities your coworkers think are attractive, you're going to throw around accusations that said woman is racist because she only names white men? That "I'm not racist.." comment is a bit suspect, but what does that change, exactly? Are you going to go to HR and complain that your coworker is racist because she said she didn't find Asian and Indian celebrities attractive?

Man, I wish I had the time in my work day to contemplate petty shit like this.

 

[hey it's that dog]

Oh my. To be fair I seriously doubt anyone born after the 70s is cognizant of these origins.

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Even though the term was used by a racist in an obviously racist classification scheme doesn't make the term itself, simply denoting white features, racist.

Using the label "white" is also done in the same exact racist context (i.e. by racists denigrating non-whites) and that doesn't make the label "white" inherently racist,
either.

The poster and the article cited are both very confused takes, conflating the simple labels with their use in racist comparisons by racists.

 

[Van Bur3n]

The need to suddenly point out how they're not racist is certainly questionable to say the least.

 

[Deleted member 6173]

She is definitely racist

 

[makingmusic476]

Has anyone asked her about Idris Elba?

For some reason I'm curious about her response, even though I know what it'll be.