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We, as human beings, have a natural tendency to categorise other human beings. We use visual shorthand to navigate our world.
If someone is the only black person, or the only chinese person in an office then that is likely to be the defining feature you remember, and how you identify them if trying to describe them. If they're the only redhead, or the only one in a wheelchair, likewise. Perfectly natural.
@ Casi: there's no difference between what you were saying, and one of the organisers of the International Students Open Day saying to the helpers, if you see a foreign student direct them our way.
People get very het up about this sort of stuff, but couldn't give a flying fuck that young black lads are more likely to be unemployed or in prison than white lads, or that certain professional fields have an invisible wall barring entry to anyone with a brown face.
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