Was just publicly accused of being a racist because I refuse to judge people by the color of their skin, and bluntly stated you can’t shoot at police officers.
My accuser was highly offended, and now I need to deal with the person in charge who wants to know why I made such offensive statements.
I am still rather bemused that stating “shooting at police officers is bad” is considered a racist belief, but crazy town has gotten to this point, and I need to figure out my next steps. I need patience. I need wisdom. And I might also need an attorney for the slander suit.
Was I slandered? Is being publicly called a racist an actual bad thing anymore?
It's racist in itself - reducing all black peoples' experience to "black experience" "Black experience" being so special that the principle of equality must be suspended for it.
You have told them specifically that you are not racist because you treat people the same regardless of their ethnicity.
This person treats people differently because they've decided that people they classify as black are suffering from "black experience"
Do you think some black people might feel patronized by your colleague's attitude?
I don't suppose any of this logic would help, because admitting you are being reasonable goes against this person's core beliefs .