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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 787150, member: 66&quot;]No they can&#039;t and shouldn&#039;t be eliminated, but the only time they need to be mentioned is when they are needed to clearly identify a specific person.&nbsp; If the designation isn&#039;t needed it should not be used.&nbsp; If I have two people competing for a position and one is black and one is white identifying them by their race is acceptable.&nbsp; If there is only one candidate there is no need to mention his race.&nbsp; If both are the same race then again there is no need to mention race and other descriptive terms should be used.&nbsp; The tall one, the shorter one etc.&nbsp; No reason to say the tall black one if both are black.&nbsp; There is too much use of unneeded race descriptions.&nbsp; I see it a lot in sports &quot;He is an exceptional black athlete&quot;&nbsp; Does the fact he&#039;s black make a difference?&nbsp; Isn&#039;t he just an exceptional athlete?&nbsp; And we do it too.&nbsp; At the end of this month the Goldbergs are going to be selling Phyllis Thompson&#039;s variety set of Late date large cents.&nbsp; It is described as the finest set ever assembled by a woman.&nbsp; It is an exceptional collection that anyone would be proud to have, but when they sold the Naftzger late dates they didn&#039;t call it the finest set ever assembled by a man.&nbsp; The fact that Phyllis is a woman didn&#039;t matter in building the set.&nbsp; (Don&#039;t think I am selling Phyllis short, I&#039;ve known her for years.) It is exceptional due to the dedication of the collection and the attention to detail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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