is this gift racist?

Now I might be give this seemingly nice gesture way too much thought, maybe being in isolation has created an antipathy towards other humans; today I received a gift from a stranger I had never met before, to be precise I was given flowers. Now you might ask how flowers could be racist but hear me out.

After a long day of studying, I decided to go to the shops to get some food, the problem is I usually shop at Tesco but they were closed so I went to a store I rarely enter as it's out of budget and attracts a certain type of person, the kind of person who drives a range and thinks falafel and couscous are exotic foods. To make it worse, I decided to try and NOT be the anti-social gen zer that the world thinks I am for once and instead of using a self-checkout, I went to the till. I put my stuff on the till and waited to be served, the cashier was a lady (white) who looked about 50ish but who can really tell with the mask. We had a nice chat and with formalities out the way, I wanted to pay and leave. She then asked me to pick up some flowers that were behind me on a table and scanned it and she said it was gift from the store, I insisted that I cant' take it but she persisted so I gave in. At this point I was ready to leave but she wanted to keep talking, even though a queue was building up, she said the gift was for me as I looked sad (how she could tell I was sad while I was wearing a face mask idk).

Anyway, how is this racist you're wondering. The problem I'm having is with the reason she singled me out; the area I live in is predominately white and I stick out like a sore thumb, in this store even more. Why did she chose me? Was it because I actually looked sad or was her giving this gift a way to say "hey I'm not like these other people I'm one of the good one's". Was the flowers really about me? Or was it a form of "reparations" for her to deal with some internalised white guilt...

Now I might be give this seemingly nice gesture way too much thought, maybe being in isolation has created an antipathy towards other humans; today I received a gift from a stranger I had never met before, to be precise I was given flowers. Now you might ask how flowers could be racist but hear me out.

After a long day of studying, I decided to go to the shops to get some food, the problem is I usually shop at Tesco but they were closed so I went to a store I rarely enter as it's out of budget and attracts a certain type of person, the kind of person who drives a range and thinks falafel and couscous are exotic foods. To make it worse, I decided to try and NOT be the anti-social gen zer that the world thinks I am for once and instead of using a self-checkout, I went to the till. I put my stuff on the till and waited to be served, the cashier was a lady (white) who looked about 50ish but who can really tell with the mask. We had a nice chat and with formalities out the way, I wanted to pay and leave. She then asked me to pick up some flowers that were behind me on a table and scanned it and she said it was gift from the store, I insisted that I cant' take it but she persisted so I gave in. At this point I was ready to leave but she wanted to keep talking, even though a queue was building up, she said the gift was for me as I looked sad (how she could tell I was sad while I was wearing a face mask idk).

Anyway, how is this racist you're wondering. The problem I'm having is with the reason she singled me out; the area I live in is predominately white and I stick out like a sore thumb, in this store even more. Why did she chose me? Was it because I actually looked sad or was her giving this gift a way to say "hey I'm not like these other people I'm one of the good one's". Was the flowers really about me? Or was it a form of "reparations" for her to deal with some internalised white guilt...

No, but you are prejudice in not liking people for being wealthy

i dislike the royal family for being born into free money... if that counts as prejudice then it be like that

i dislike the royal family for being born into free money... if that counts as prejudice then it be like that

OP doesn't like going to a store because " the kind of person who drives a range and thinks falafel and couscous are exotic foods" goes there, seems like they're just stereotyping the upper class. Rich people have it hard man.

and yes, Im p sure it does count as prejudice lol

no, i don't go there because it's out of budget (which i mentioned)and making a stereotypical joke about middle class white people isn't prejudice

and making a stereotypical joke about middle class white people isn't prejudice

what if I made a joke about stereotypical poor black people.

punching up is very different to punching down.

what's he on about? can anyone summarise?