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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, maybe they don't want to socialize with someone who assumes that they are racist because they are white. [/quote]

Not OP, but I'd like for you to consider the privilege you have in this decision.

As a South Asian, people very often automatically think of me in stereotypes.  I've dealt with this my entire life.  I'm sure there are other ethnicities and POC that have dealt with this as well.

If we always went around thinking "well I'm not going to socialize" with the majority of these people we would never be able to have normal social encounters.  We also wouldn't be able to change the perception of these stereotypes.

I've gone out of my way to be outgoing and make the other person comfortable so that they would get to know that ''no, not all (insert race) do/eat/wear/practice/whatever (insert stereotype)"  And even if we do, hey guess what we're also human and we most likely share some common interests or thoughts or life experiences.

While it's definitely NOT okay to think someone must be racist just because they're white, understand that racism has definitely hit pretty much every POC at some point in their lives. So if friendly encounters and interactions are consistently responded with cold responses or aggressive attitude then yes, we will suspect you COULD be racist.[/quote]

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