I don’t think the observation is inappropriate at all. I’ve had the same experience many times over, usually a white male assuming that I would share their racist views because I’m a white male, too.

As the only white resident in my apartment building, I’ve had cable guys, repairmen and even policemen ask me how I can live in an n-word building. There is a misguided belief amongst some white males that we share a commonality of racism and other abhorrent beliefs. It is weird. It’s creepy.

I say the n-word aloud when I’m conversing with my neighbors/friends. But when a white guy uses it in a ‘joke’ (“You know I’m just joking — I’m not prejudiced at all!”) I gotta do a take-down.

Yes, racist white people — and their assumptions — are totally creepy.