Obviously saying you don't notice that someone is black does not literally mean that you are incapable of distinguishing skin colour. It means you don't consciously factor it into your thinking in your daily interactions with the general population. I treat all my friends, colleagues and family the same way and what shade their skin colour happens to be is entirely irrelevant. How sad that the likes of Verbal and suewhistle cannot exist without being paralysed by race issues all the time. That must be a difficult life.