Black or African-American?

[wendybeth]

Oh, he doesn't get a total pass in my book, but I am trying to be a little bit understanding. Here's the story that provides more background. It may have been a slip, but now it's becoming politicized and many of the players in this particular story have no right to throw stones. Spokane is not very diverse, although we are becoming more so, and these old white dudes that have run this town for so long are having a rough go of it. Oh, and 'colored' was a term used very much in the Deep South when I lived down there 20 or so years ago, and not just by white people. It's not okay in my book and wasn't then, but I was shocked by how many people did use it.