I think it is because being racist is a VERY BAD THING, and it is wrong to presume VERY BAD THINGS of people. So there's a lot of insistence that people must always assume that someone is non-racist and this non-racistness completely erases any behavior that might possibly be perceived as racist.
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Date: 2009-03-08 10:40 pm (UTC)