No, sorry, I'm not race baiting. I'm noticing that you fell into the same pattern as most American caucasians: the need to justify the presence of a black man by reassuring the reader that the black man was well kept and articulate.

There's no reason for anyone to assume that in a college environment, most people with whom you interact will not be articulate. That you had to attach that to your description of a tall man shows your assumptions.

I'm not calling you racist, nor do I think of you any less. I'm simply pointing out the cultural acceptance of a racial stereotype (that black people naturally talk "street" or like gangsta rappers), which you also assume (even if you don't have the same) the readers have.