I watched the Reginald Hunter bit linked by RicePaddy and identified with it. His bottom line to the "Am I racist?" question is "Good on you, that you check yourself." For everything you wrote in this post -- "Good on you." For observing your hesitation about saying, "black": good on you for wondering what it was about. Reginald Hunter talks about the kind of white person who is always asking black friends, "Was that racist?" I think white people just want to know where the line is -- what can I say or do now without being offensive? The trouble is everyone's line is different. I had a story for pubski one week about black guys. Damn if I didn't feel I had to run it past a black guy before feeling okay posting it. I completely fit the kind of person Reginald Hunter is describing and I felt better hearing him say "Good on you that you check yourself." I hope this is helpful.I know there was a pretty big post on race recently,
Yeah, there was, and that definitely showed how the line is all over the place.