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[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.

[mcgwirecom]

The seller could have also just said "kids". But I think he was shooting for a hit in the search engine. There are a lot of people who collect "black" ephemera.

[egbeachley]

Fine to me. I wouldn't use African-American - I work for and with African-Americans and they happen to be white. That's not what the photo is describing.

[blaze422]

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Mom and 5 white kids

I sure hope no-one is offended

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by blaze422

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Mom and 5 white kids

I sure hope no-one is offended

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