Reply #4: People can have the best of intentions and still be very racist. [View All]

[MADem]

People can even be unaware that they're being racists, and get defensive when they're called out on it.

The same thing goes for sexists, as well. "Gee, it was meant as a compliment, honey-sweetie-baby!"

It requires being a bit attuned to one's environment, to know it when you see it, because there are those who are deliberately obtuse about the matter and who are deliberately blind to it when it rears its head.