I guess my question is (and remembering I'm Australian) why the need to make a point of mentioning the colour of someone's skin?
Do people comment "there were sure a lot of blondes at the show" or perhaps "Wow there were lots of people with hairy arms" or perhaps "half of the audience had big breasts". Of course not.
I understand that racism in the US is a lot more entrenched into society than in a country such as Australia (though don't worry we have our share), so people tend to look at that black vs white concept.
It is only the colour of a persons skin, not anything deeper than that.
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