Right, and the sense of my comment is that this does not necessarily imply that he would not actually work and then fit nice in team with a black guy, for example. That's just how I perceive that..
I don't think he would work and fit in with any person who objects to the casual use of that term, which is hopefully the overwhelming majority of the industry.
Maybe there would be no reason to discuss about that once started working and that habit would probably sink in front of more interesting/important stuff.