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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Or even if you're a waitress at a restaurant and the hostess comes to where you're standing and tells you "a guy at that table for 6 wants a fresh cup of coffee" and you ask "which guy?"

If he's the only black guy at the table, that'll be the quickest, easiest possible way to identify him.

Just like if there's a full table and only one diner is sitting in a wheelchair, you can say "the one in the wheelchair."

You're not giving them a label. You're just describing them to someone who needs to know which person you're talking about.

Exactly my point.