is it always morally wrong to not confront your friend's racist tendencies
basically, my friend and i have been very close for about 1 year and so i know that they are a very caring and empathetic person.
recently, i've noticed they display slight racist tendencies, like laughing at those TikToks that have an accent or not understanding the necessity for affirmative action (i know it's a complicated topic with many nuances) or genuinely believing racism against white Americans is quite real in America (for context, they're a white American).
however, they are very outspoken against racism in general and i think they just hasn't realized some of the insensitive aspects of what they say. i don't believe any of these tendencies would ever really harm anyone (like emotionally or psychologically or physically or anything) because i only noticed them as someone close to them.
i don't really want to confront them when i hear those statements aloud because i'm really bad at explaining my thoughts to others, but i think if it's truly bad for me to not talk with them, then that outweighs my discomfort. and also i think i might have slight moral ocd which has kept me up at night thinking about it.
so my question is, is it wrong for me to not try to discuss why i think some statements they make are slightly racist?