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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sooooo, let me get this straight, if a white person compliments a black person, then the white person is racist.[/quote]

If a white person compliments someone for something that includes the implication "for a black person" e.g. you are very professional/smart/well dressed/well spoken "for a black person" then yes, it's racist.  That's not really a genuine compliment just a back handed one at best.[/quote]
PP from a couple pages ago.  I agree with the above comment that complimenting someone as "professional/smart/well dressed/well spoken [i]for a black person[/i]" is offensive, because it clearly suggests there's some lower norm of quality among black people.  But by contrast, complimenting someone as "professional/smart/well dressed/well spoken [i]for a teacher[/i] (or for an accountant/auto mechanic/florist)" is not offensive.  And IMHO it's non-offensive even if the teacher (or accountant/auto mechanic/florist) happens to be black.

But that said, there'll always be someone who is prepared to take offense at even the most innocuous comment.[/quote]

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