You're trying to evade the fact that in order to assume he's NOT white, there are details and clues you're going to have to miss, ignore or willfully misinterpret.

Of course I don't necessarily think this is true, because I don't believe the response I was parroting is true, but I do think it is as true.

What detail have I missed, ignored or wilfully misinterpreted I the first chunk of the book?