Oddly enough, I do not think of him as Black. He's more of a tan color, as far as epidermal hue is concerned. I guess the notion of race depends on which kind of prejudice you grew up with. I grew up learning to be biased against hate-mongering, against sclerosis of the brainwave, and against those who had hardened heart-beams. The "race" I grew up with is the race of humans trying to know, or learn, or exchange ideas. The race I am prejudiced against is the race of humans who market fixed ideas, the pursuit of ignoral, and the celebration of stupidity. This is bigotry on my part, I admit, and I am working on outgrowing it, to whatever extent possible, but I find the canalization of these prejudices runs rather deep and is hard to shed just by deciding to do so.


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