Why did you say Whitey? And personally the race being mentioned is a bunch of croak and the original poster knew it. They did it for just what is going on now.
No, you'd be wrong, race is of importance, and the reasons are pointed out in this thread.
AL-Quada has been trying to recruit "less conspicuous" people of different ethnic backgrounds that can move around without drawing attention to themselves.
This guy, being black and in Chechnya is out of place.
This makes one wonder why he was there, what faction he belonged to, if he was a new convert to Islam, etc.
Color is very relevant in this case.