I don’t believe anyone who says they don’t see colour. The problem is not seeing it, the problem comes with what you do next with that information.
Having said that I have never thought twice about your avatar. I just saw a bloke and my subconscious took in the bald head and a hint of colour. So much so that when I started reading this post I wondered why it was about Chinese people! So there you go.
My main prejudice is stupid humans. I don’t mean people with little or no education through no fault of their own I mean stupid humans.
Fred’s interrogator may well belong to that group.
Perhaps he should have reminded her that Aboriginal people probably feel the same way as her.