Wow, on a forum where no personal attacks are allowed you call someone a hypocrite and imply that they are a racist.
And for the record, the term "call a spade a spade" has been in the English language since the 16th century (before there were slaves in America), Erasmus mistranslated the Greek saying "call a bowl a bowl" into Latin and it found its way into English.
I said hypocrisy, not hypocrite.. and in my neck of the woods the term “black as the Ace of Spades” was common and so Black folks take offense at it..I worked in the inner city for 25 years.. I asked Judith IF it was a racial comment.. I ASKED