Originally Posted by
jeffjohnvol
+1; my experience as well, though it applies to most older people of any race or sex too.
.... and don't get me started on the Pygmies. Can't stand those guys. And clowns. JUST KIDDING! Well, maybe not about clowns.

I try to avoid sweeping generalizations about large groups of people. The older African American gentlemen I know are neither more nor less courteous than the older white gentlemen I know. But those pygmies are so.....SHORT!