You’re not sure of anything. She has a name, too.
It’s not about race when it sounds like and looks like it is about race?
Is he actually someone who thinks?
Does he think less of whites: "Probably not? " Why not? (These are things you will have to defend if you actually want someone who does feel harassed to turn the other cheek in the face of unacceptable and discomfiting language and behavior.)
She must humanize herself to him, because she has not walked into the room a person, just like him; an athlete, just like him; a member of the student community, just like him?
I’m all for trying to understand the outside influences on each of our behavior, but I am not willing to make up an alibi for some kid who should know better, and then to place the onus for peace on the person who is offended.
Know any Black firefighters or police officers?