Thank you. That is my intention. This person has made me worry that the message wasn't clear.

Now take the weekend off and recharge!

Please do not worry retrospectively. If it did happen, it happened as a result of unknowing, rather than conscious act. As the saying goes, when we know better, we do better. Just commit to being alert to the possibility of this type of exclusion moving forward x

Thank you so much for opening your door to learn more. Can I ask that next time you are in a work situation, there is a space next to someone who is 'different' is in the room, that you choose to sit with them and just say hello? It really means something!

Thank you. I do choose to assume that for many in those rooms - like yourself - it is naivety. Not noticing, it not occurring to them what it looks and feels like to the person being 'othered'.
Still hurts though.
This is why anti-racism must be an active verb rather than a stative one.

Can I ask why this is shocking? I'm not being facetious, I'm genuinely curious. With micro(and macro) aggressions being my norm, hearing things like this from others saddens me but never shocks. I want to learn how it feels to respond as you did x