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[slidekellyslide]

He doesn't need "Rare", doesn't need "A's", and doesn't need "Black"...easily he could have made the title "1908 Connie Mack w/African American kids Photo"...with that said I don't think there's any intent at all to be offensive with his title...it's just not how I personally would have written it.

[mr2686]

Well, he could have just listed it by the title on the back of the photo: "Connie Mack mgr of the Athletics and some admirers". That would have solved everything.

[D. Bergin]

Yes, in the world of niche collectibles........we're all just one big part of the human race.

Keywords, please do not apply.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Well, he could have just listed it by the title on the back of the photo: "Connie Mack mgr of the Athletics and some admirers". That would have solved everything.

Except for the fact that a photo of Connie Mack with African American kids will most likely sell for more than a photo of Connie Mack with white kids.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Except for the fact that a photo of Connie Mack with African American kids will most likely sell for more than a photo of Connie Mack with white kids.

Add to that the fact that nobody ever searches for baseball "admirer" photos, so any potential bidders would have to just spot this one while browsing through thousands of photos being listed, and you see how important keywords are whether they are PC or not.

"Black Americana" is a very commonly-used term in the titles of items which feature African-Americans, whether the item itself is racially insensitive or not.

Either way, it's still probably better than the term Mack would have used himself.

[mdschulze]

Thin-skinned society!

[sando69]

... is that rather (un)fashionable and very lame looking bowler hat perched atop connie's cranium!

[barrysloate]

If it's true that "black" is a commonly searched ebay word, then I think he listed it exactly right and no harm done.