How can the comment be deemed as offensive?
There are jobs out there that are best suited for ethnic minorities, that is without a doubt.
For instance:
I personally couldn't be a mullah (or shaman) but I could be a Reverend.
The problem with today's society is that some people are just so Politically Correct that it's becoming a bit of a joke... some folk seriously need to get a grip and stop taking things so serious... I mean, when I was at school I was a bit of a rogue, ruffian whatever you want to call it... I had my bus fare home stolen by an older asian lad... so, I sparked him out based on the fact that he was a thief and deserved a smack on the nose... I was taken to the head teacher who rang the police and reported a RACIST attack?!!
When the police arrived they asked if I wanted to call my parents, I said sure and while you're at it make sure they bring Stephen.
When Stephen walked through the door, the officers looked at each other, laughed and closed their little black books and said things won't be taken any further and told the Head teacher off for wasting their time!
How can I be charged with a racist attack when my brother is as black as the ace of spades!
I guess what I'm saying is that people need to think before they reply, is something being said really what you think it is... or is it a factual reply that you've taken as something that it isn't.
Taking Ethnicity to the extreme really there hmmm if you ask me.
Take Heredotus for instance, he is said to the first to mention ethnicity by defining Greek Identity. He lists kinship as
ὅμαιμον - homaimon, "of the same blood" - ὁμόγλωσσον - homoglōsson - Speaking the same language.
I have bolded the most important to me... We are all of the same blood, therefore as far as I'm concerned whether you're black, white, red or green doesn't matter to me... we're all the same... although if you are green, there's something seriously wrong with what you're eating.
