aww geez lord byron, did you HAVE to go blow my misconception that the US educational system fails miserably with non wasp students? ( and most wasp students also ) been my own experience here that most non european ethnic group people are smart enough to be able to tell if a comment is ironic / humourous, or meant as a derogotory statement. ( personally, I enjoy telling ehtnic jokes to the group the joke is poking fun at, and not once has anyone taken offense at my doing so. ) I myself wouldn't have used the term "brown sugar" in an advertisement, it wouldn't have occured to me to do so. Mosca, better from Utah than arkansas. ~wink~