From another thread:
It is a question of context. If the mention of race is irrelevant to our understanding of the story, the inclusion is racist.
"Look at that black girl over there" when pointing at the only girl in the vicinity would be racist. "Look at that black girl over there" when she is standing in a group of girls would be descriptive, and not racist.
Mentioning a SP's ethnicity as it relates to your experience would not be racist, as it is descriptive. Mentioning you engaged a Chinese SP in China wold be redundant.
Mod and YVO - I dont mind people mentioning race or ethnicity on this site. For example, I usually dont care to spend money on black SPs because I do not find them attractive most of the time. Also I think there are certain sterotypes that exist and exist for a reason. For example, someone refered to an SP as a typical latin diva meaning this particular SP conformed to the sterotype held by many of a latin diva. However, in this case, I am not sure what this guys Siberian heritage has to do with the way this guy handled the situation of people loitering in a booth or in a theater? Was it because of his broken French or English telling the starter of the thread to leave? Did his Siberian accent make his instructions to you unclear? Do Siberians have a tendency to not like loiterers because they come from a culture where everyone must be constantly performing some kind of task??? Or was his heritage and ethnicity meant to demean?.
It is a question of context. If the mention of race is irrelevant to our understanding of the story, the inclusion is racist.
"Look at that black girl over there" when pointing at the only girl in the vicinity would be racist. "Look at that black girl over there" when she is standing in a group of girls would be descriptive, and not racist.
Mentioning a SP's ethnicity as it relates to your experience would not be racist, as it is descriptive. Mentioning you engaged a Chinese SP in China wold be redundant.