[Lovey2]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Is this question open to anyone, Bucco? If so... If I did not know Tal (and I don't except from his posts on TOTV) I would assume he was trying to be totally descriptive but didn't want people to think he was racist in describing the kids as black. Thus "not that it matters" to me means, "I am not making a racial statement, but these kids were young, black, and (whatever else he said).

So no, I wouldn't have assumed racist. I would have assumed trying to be as PC as possible, or trying not to offend.

I could be wrong...?

I think we should be allowed to say black, African American, Asian, Hispanic, etc., without having to defend ourselves when just making a descriptive statement. The racists will usually stand out loud and clear in print, IMO.


Sorry to butt in on your question to Redwitch.

I DID NOT assume racism. Simply took the observation for what it was, and didn't read into the wording.