White Person: Look at me with this cool thing!
POC Friend: Dude, that cool thing is not cool.
White Person: Oh, sorry. Will stop doing it. What's wrong with it?
POC Friend: It's terrible in X, Y, Z ways.
White Person: I thought it was A, B, C.
POC Friend: Maybe you saw it that way, but there are other cool things which do A, B, C without doing X, Y, Z.
White Person: Wow, didn't think about that. Sorry I goofed. Will do better next time.
White Person: Look at me with this cool thing!
POC Friend: Dude, that cool thing is not cool.
White Person: Aw, sorry I goofed, but I totally didn't mean it that way!
POC Friend: Well it comes across as terribly X, Y, Z in these ways.
White Person: Well hopefully other people will see what I mean anyway.
One conversation is more productive than another. Such conversations are also easily applicable to other kinds of marginalizations, not just racial ones.
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