Well, Bruce, it depends on the meaning of "those types of posts".

When I and others consider the posts to be racist, sometimes I feel the need to respond to them, sometimes I wish others would-and you and others have-and sometimes I and others report those kind of posts to the moderators who delete them.

But my post which questions when, how etc to respond refers to the times when other people post a comment about Black people and Black culture that I disagree with or which I feel can be misconstrued.

I also need to say that I feel that the fact that I'm usually the only publicly acknowledged Black person or person of color} posting on a Mudcat thread-or one of a few Black people and other people of color- is further complicated because I am learning so much about that aspects of Black cultures from other folks here {such as the discussion about chantey singers and discussions about blues}.

I don't want it to seem as though I think that I am {or other people think that I think that I am} Mudcat's expert on Black cultures.