Reddit reviews Making Friends With Black People
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I understand your frustration at constantly being subject to "Look! A Black Person!" syndrome, but it really does sound like she was trying to strike up a conversation and didn't know what to say, and so chose the most awkward thing ever. Get her a copy of this, don't judge her too harshly... she was trying to be nice and didn't think that was a backhanded compliment, and let her know that next time, maybe she should try "Those earrings are great! Where did you get them?" as a conversation starter.
That being said, the fact that you did kind of brush her off creates a perfect opportunity for you to go to her later and tell her you didn't mean to be rude, but you're subject to racial comments all the time and it gets tiring. She'll be aware of that the next time she needs to interact with a Black person. She won't avoid them because she thinks they're all angry and rude, and she won't start conversations with "This is what everybody says Black people do but I don't think so!"