break-in(?)

I was commenting on the only descriptor used about the intruder

While this is a majority white country, the fact of somebody being black is noticeable, so it is not necessarily racist to report what was likely the most striking feature of the intruder. It's not about drawing conclusions from race, it's about reporting first impressions, which are inevitably dominated by the things which make the circumstance different from the norm. Had the burglar been naked, one would expect that to be reported ahead of skin colour, since naked is more unusual than black under the circumstances.

If you saw this fellow at a Buckingham Palace garden party, you'd probably first notice that he's black, whereas on Brighton's naturist beach the most remarkable thing about him would be the threads.

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