Originally Posted by Monkeyman (Post 348908)

I actually can agree a little with both side of the arguement, but HERE is my beef. I can understand if it means something to the conversation, but soooooooooooooo many times I hear. "blah blah, so and so, a BLACK guy, blah, blah" I HATE that. Why did I need to know if he was black????????? That kills me every time.
Or when preachers reference a black preacher in their sermons, they ALWAYS say, "Bro. so and so, a black preacher" KNOCK THAT OFF!!!!!!!!!!!! It bugs me!!!!!!!!!

thank you for listening.....

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Originally Posted by Mrs. LPW (Post 348924)

I think there is a difference between defining someone by their color or race, and describing someone for the purpose of description... And yes, sometimes the race of a person is neither here nor there.

Originally Posted by Monkeyman (Post 348908)

I actually can agree a little with both side of the arguement, but HERE is my beef. I can understand if it means something to the conversation, but soooooooooooooo many times I hear. "blah blah, so and so, a BLACK guy, blah, blah" I HATE that. Why did I need to know if he was black????????? That kills me every time.
Or when preachers reference a black preacher in their sermons, they ALWAYS say, "Bro. so and so, a black preacher" KNOCK THAT OFF!!!!!!!!!!!! It bugs me!!!!!!!!!

thank you for listening.....

*Feel free to bump this great post occasionally*