[DubaiSis]

Color, and the way light reflects off it is a real thing. One good example is on TV. On shows that are hosted by a white person, the fill lights are amber. When it's hosted by a black person, it's lavender. That's not racist; it's science. Otherwise the host would look either too dark or washed out.

Now, whether we actually look better in certain colors based on our skin tones or if we just like ourselves in certain colors, I'm not so sure. But it brings to mind a job I had a long time ago hiring voice over talent. I always preferred the male voice, which also goes back to science. The human ear hears lower pitches easier than higher pitches. Now does that mean you should only ever use men for voice overs? No, but I always thought they sounded better. And the same thing would probably be true for an art director choosing models. First, he could prefer a certain look and secondly, he could be drawn to certain color people with certain color clothing. Now if the art director never seemed to have looks that would look better (in his opinion) on people of color, then there might be an issue, but on the issue of skin tone vs clothing color, I don't think you can claim racism.

I think if 2 people are speaking in Spanish and you comment in Spanish that is COURTESY. If you see a brown person and you say gracias with no other reason to think that person speaks Spanish, then it might be racist.