“But if a White person has a best friend who is Black, is he a racist?”
If White person’s best friend happens to be Black, that’s not racist.
If the White person boasts of having a best friend is who is Black, that’s patronizing and, yes, more than a little racist.
If a White person says “Some of my best friends are Black!” in an attempt to downplay a racist statement s/he’s just made (or is about to make), it’s transparent, and cliched, and disingenuous, and altogether too common, but perhaps it is not racist per se.
Yontrop about 11 years ago
Try (Th)inking about it… oh I forgot; never mind.
Rainfoot about 11 years ago
White people like to brag about their black friends as a way to show that they’re “tolerant”.
lbatik about 11 years ago
Ugh. I like the strip, but I hate the myth. Dogs DO see color.
Newshound41 about 11 years ago
The point is, being not prejudice is nothing to brag about.
FreyjaRN Premium Member about 11 years ago
Dogs see some colors. IIRC, they can’t see red.
fritzoid Premium Member about 11 years ago
“But if a White person has a best friend who is Black, is he a racist?”
If White person’s best friend happens to be Black, that’s not racist.
If the White person boasts of having a best friend is who is Black, that’s patronizing and, yes, more than a little racist.
If a White person says “Some of my best friends are Black!” in an attempt to downplay a racist statement s/he’s just made (or is about to make), it’s transparent, and cliched, and disingenuous, and altogether too common, but perhaps it is not racist per se.