The way i talk to people remains consistent no matter what their skin colour is. From my own experience, white men have way more problems with eachother than they do with any other race. Probably because its incredibly easy to blame a white man for veing racist, and therefor there is pressure among said people to avoid being blamed. Quick note: numerous black people have had problems with me but i never once accused them of racism.

Always the victim

FWIW, the race issue may add more tension to the situation BUT in general anyone using the term “buddy” is either confused or being callous… no reason period to call random people buddy, I consider it borderline fighting words. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2oxkj5/reddit_does_calling_another_man_buddy_sound/