"the pot calling the kettle black" is considered a rqacisy comment by all the african ethnic people i have ever asked" ollaimh

"Objections to the old phrase "the pot calling the kettle black", which has no racial overtone but simply refers to a time when both would be hung over an open fire and so become sooty," MthGM

Thanks, Michael. "Asking" anyone whether it is a racist comment demonstrates one's own total misunderstanding of its implication. Thank goodness I have never done that! :)