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Is this racism? Other. I don't know; context is everything.
Look, as I see this incident, the comment was only racially charged from the perspective of the person who responded negatively.''So you are saying that the person who was being joked about should have responded more diplomatically?
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It would likely have been wiser if he either ignored or reported privately to the Human Resources the racially charged comment. And, the person who made the racially charged comment, would have been wise to not make such a comment. Hopefully, this explains adequately, what I mean by diplomacy.
I get told "All you white boys look the same to me" all the time... but I dont cry about it.
This guy just needs a big dose of vagisil.
Or, despite the fact that no offense was meant, one could politely apologize, express that no offense was meant and move on.
What's funny to me is that people who offend seem to get their panties wadded up in an even tighter bunch than the one's who claim to be offended - so I really see no difference.
People of different races shouldn't be treated as visitors from a foreign land. That's the kind of thing that creates racial divides.
I think your best approach would be to stop talking openly about race/ethnicity entirely and save all these conversations for the internet. You're going to get sued.