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Old 05-11-2006, 01:00 PM   #16
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My mother keeps refering to "the little colored boy" in her class, she's a teacher. It makes me cringe every time she does it. And normally when she's telling me something he did, the description isn't necessary. He was being disruptive or said something funny, what race he's from doesn't really seem to be a necessary part of the story.

I do agree with GC and Prudence though, when describing someone it's difficult to do without mentioning skin color etc. Unfortunately here it's assumed the person you're describing is white, unless otherwise stated.
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