if a someone ever tells you “but I don’t think of you as ______ I think of you as a person” what they are really saying is “I don’t consider _______ people”
if a someone ever tells you “but I don’t think of you as ______ I think of you as a person” what they are really saying is “I don’t consider _______ people”
This explains it so well. If you say you don’t “see colour” you are not seeing a part of a person’s identity.