> I feel as if there's a racial bush being beaten around here that one may as well go and point out.

Aww, why'd you have to go and point that out? I was having fun beating around that bush...

But more seriously, I would have preferred to hear that from the poster. I specifically avoided putting those words in their mouth, despite being tempted to a few times; and also to avoid getting dragged down into a debate of whatever "white" means.