Racism

Racism comes in many hues even in the form of "white chicken legs." This phrase "white chicken leg" was used in a comment thread by someone commenting on an African indigenous shoe being modeled by the leg of a "white" woman. After attention was draw to what would be considered a "racist" comment the person them began to belittle everyone for assuming that he/she intended to display any racial connotations. This in itself proved fruitless and futile. Even if it the racist connotation was not intended the remark in itself was negative and could have been phrased better.
We are aware that the term "Africans" does no equal "black" for the mere fact that there are "white" "Africans", so the argument could be considered null and void, but ignorance and guilt went hand in hand in this argument. We must be careful of the things we say, how we communicate verbally and non-verbally because speech is a very fundamental way of expressing the mind and one's character. As one of my famous quotes says "Speak! That I may know thee".