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I would not.
It seems like pointing out the obvious. The guy is black, but that is not who he is. His colour does not define him.
I am not in favour of cataloguing people by race or colour. Or most stereotyping really.
The human race generally likes things to fit in boxes. If we name things, we will understand then better, they will make more sense, is the idea of it. I disagree with this view. It's much better to go into something with an open mind and just let yourself experience the moment. You may be surprised.
Also, perversely, this can be interpreted as something akin to circus freaks- there he is, the black guy on display, a novelty or an object in a zoo to be stared at, poked at, asked to "perform tricks".
If the booth said "Make a friend" then that would be of greater interest to me. People are people, and we are all so diverse that the referred label on the booth makes no sense to me. It's like a sociological experiment designed to provoke a reaction...but I'm not entirely sure of its value.
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Whether we write or speak or do but look
We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.
Fernando Pessoa, 1918
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