BoR, and other who seem to think that I'm calling for blindness/ignoring the girl's "race," I'll quote myself from earlier in case you didn't see it:
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Originally Posted by abaya
I don't think anyone is ignoring/denying the fact that the student is a black teenager, and that that may have some relevance to the story--however, putting it out there as the MAIN reason for her behavior, with only a 30 second news blip to inform us, does not sit right with me.
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In other words, in my mind there's a distinction between saying that "race" has some relevance to a person's behavior, and saying that it is the most important and MAIN explanation of someone's behavior.
To me, that's not an issue of political correctness, but I already know that's going to fall on several deaf ears. So be it. These conversations never go anywhere, anyway. (Although Retro, I do appreciate the candor in your follow-up responses.)