Yes. Own kind. That's what the lady said.

OMG, AP, don't you just feel completely STUPID now for your choice of words.

How could anyone possibly figure out that you only meant your own ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, economic group or various other strata.

I'm sure that Jra will soon enthrall us all with the perfect word choice for this and any other situation. And he will do it, no doubt, in the most caring and educational way possible with no intent whatsoever to make someone feel inferior.