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[โ€“] LwL@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Being bad at identifying faces with features you don't commonly see isn't racism, it's inevitable. Also some people are just bad at identifying faces even if they're not fully face blind.

[โ€“] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz -1 points 6 hours ago

I'll remember that the next time someone calls me racist for getting them confused with a different black person who looks similar to them