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Re: Whitney Houston Dead!
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Originally Posted by tstew
I think you know me well enough to know that I am not part of the PC police. There are conversations where the race or ethnicity of the person is relevant and perhaps makes an accomplishment more remarkable or unusual. By all means, in those situations discussing the race is understandable and expected. Including it in this particular compliment was just confusing to me. If she was singing in Spanish and doing it flawlessly as someone born a black American, I would understand and expect the sentiment that she does it well for a black woman.
I don't want to beat a dead horse, but I see situations like this as an opportunity to perhaps allow well-meaning people to see how some things are going to widely be perceived by many other people. I certainly don't want to be in any sort of offensive or confrontational conversation with anybody here.
God Bless
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Oh, yes you are right. I do know YOU well enough to know that you are a balanced poster. And I think we can discuss this subject in a thought provoking way. I don't disagree that the remark was offensive, even if not meant to be.
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