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> But inferring that someone isn't the CEO because they're black? I'm sorry, but that's racism pure and simple.

If I were to meet/know/whatever 100 CEOs and 99% of them were not black and for example wore an expensive suit in a specific setting/environment, then is it racist to assume (based on my past experiences) that a particular black person wearing an expensive suit in this particular setting/environment is not the CEO? I honestly fail to see how making assumptions based on personal experiences and whatnot is racist. This is not equivalent to claiming that someone who is black cannot be the CEO, there is the possibility, most definitely. Denying this possibility based on race or skin color is what I would rather have a problem with.

>>johnis+(OP)
You’re making a value judgement based on skin color. That’s racism. Even if you don’t have bad intentions, the black person in your example suffers because of it.

>>Justin+kb
So if a black person suffers from an act committed by a non-black person then that was an act of racism?

>>Justin+kb
That's newspeak. Racism is treating people based on their skin color intentionally and hierarchizing them based on their race. There is an intention.

What a person feels is subjective and has nothing to do with what the other person intended to do. As you can't be in other people's head (except if you have that pretension ?) the only thing that matters is what your intention were.