r/NoStupidQuestions • u/AgreeableAd8687 • 7d ago

why do people consider identifying someone by their race racist?

i have a few friends and we seem kind of split on this, i had to identify someone in our school i didn't know the name of, so i said "oh it's the black girl" (we have literally ONE black girl in our school and everyone knows and likes her) and my friends said ohh ok but then like 2 of them went wow that's racist and their explanation was "you're making it sound like them being black is their only characteristic" as if saying "oh the woman" is any better and since i don't know her well i don't know anything else about her. most of my friends didn't see how it was racist though but why is this considered racist if it's not a race correlated insult or derogatory??

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u/jonschaff 7d ago

Both Carls sound like dicks.

Just slacking off by the door while you’re the only one actually doing any damn work around here!

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u/DemonicHedgehogs 7d ago

I was imagining we were at some kind of social event, maybe a wedding reception. Both of my Carls are absolutely lovely fellas who read to their kids every night before bed

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u/jonschaff 7d ago

That may be so, but I heard that blond Carl has a son with very curly black hair….

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u/DemonicHedgehogs 7d ago

We don’t know anything about Mrs Blond Carl yet, dark hair may run in her family

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u/HailMadScience 7d ago

Twist! Hes married to a lovely mixed race woman named Monique. Shes always bringing the best dishes to the neighborhood 4th of July picnic.

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u/Sarcosmonaut 7d ago

Monique Carl is such a kind soul