On Aug 28, 6:34*pm, " wrote:
If we could just call him a young boy of blackness all this ugliness
could be avoided.

The better choice-of-words might have been :
'This Young Black Man' -versus- BOY

-or- For that matter 'This Young African-American Man'.

-but- IF Race Does Not Matter : Then Why Mention
'black' or 'african-american' at all . . .


Dang Jimmy - 'Boy' Are You Getting A Little Senile
In Your Old Age. ~ RHF