That doesn’t mean they don’t have a racist bone in their body. Photo: pxfuel “I have Black friends. I can’t be racist.” If you’re Black, you’ve heard it — or some variation of it — before. You might have been a witness to it so many times that it’s no longer just a cliché but a joke. The now-hilarious retort lives on the same block as “I don’t see color,” behind a door certain White people knock on as loudly and cluelessly as they bang on the one where “Some of my best friends are Black” lives.