Sawyer Brown "The Race Is On": I feel tears wellin' up cold deep inside like my heart's sprung a big break and a stab of loneliness...
If the police asked you to describe a person, you'd mention (or be prodded to mention) their race, hair color, eye color, height, and build. Why on Earth should we be afraid to mention any one of those when describing people in fiction? The police would not believe you if you said...