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Is This Racism — Trying To Understand Injustice and Racism

Could one sentence be racist when it is meant to be positive?

Yesterday evening, before going to bed, this question came through my mind. I didn’t know the answer. So, here is the situation and question.

There is one black person in a group of white people. They are hanging out in the garden. They have a lot of fun, laughing a lot together.

Someone white notices the one black person.

As meant to be positive, the white person says: “I see there’s one black person. You’re sitting in the middle of us, so you’re the boss.”

It also can sound like a negative sentence.

The black person looks frowned.

Is that racism of this white person?

Is this being positive towards the black person?

Do you have to say such a thing to black people?

Is that even allowed to say? Is this saying a praising toward a black person?

I really don’t know the answers, but this question that popped up in my head yesterday stayed in my head.

I think, when we go into a deeper discussion, that we understand better what black people are going through and what we — white people — need to do.

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