I don't think a word has been said here about anyone's skin color until YOU brought it up!
Well, right, which is why I brought it up. I don't think a lot of people know it. My point is that there will be race-baiters who
also don't know he's black, and will blame these verdicts on a justice system biased against black people. Hence, knowing that this judge is black will arm people with a fact-based retort.
It's also easy for some conservatives to think that a most minorities buy into race-based group politics, so this Judge is a good reminder that isn't true.
If you find me making that point to be offensive...I don't care.