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Originally Posted by Cappy
Way back in my college days I worked a few months in retail (kill me). Two sales guys, me (a white guy) and "Mark" (a black guy).
Cashier would always asked who helped someone for a purchase, and to watch people struggle to identify the other without colour was hilarious. They would say, "the guy with the beard" so we both grew beards; "the guy in the glasses" so we both wore glasses.
I swear people were afraid to say the white guy and therefore acknowledge that the other guy was black.
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It's situations like these - the post and get-the-pitch-forks responses - that give people pause to use a valid descriptor.